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["Sam \"SmSpillaz\" Spilsbury" <smspillaz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Sam Spilsbury <smspillaz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Daniel Wagenaar <daw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In Compiz 0.9.4.0 as shipped with Ubuntu 11.04 this bug still affects
>> me. I am not using Unity, but "classic gnome". When I close the last
>> window on a workspace using key bindings, so that no window has focus
>> any more, key bindings cease to work. I first noticed this happening if
>> Nautilus is running without drawing the desktop (I use Compiz's
>> wallpaper plugin). However, the problem did not go away if I re-enabled
>> Nautilus's desktop.
>
> Interesting. Could you run xev -root in a terminal, reproduce this bug
> and then send me the output ?
>
>>
>> Perhaps this is naive, but why doesn't Compiz process key bindings
>> independently of whether any window has focus? Focus state seems hardly
>> relevant for key bindings for, e.g., Desktop Wall.
>
> We use XGrabKey, so this shouldn't be an issue.

Well, rather, XGrabKey doesn't work in situations where the focus is
on a parent window (eg the root window) which is probably what's
happening in this case.

>
>>
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>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671459
>>
>> Title:
>>  [compiz++] Compiz sometimes loses focus when closing some windows
>>
>> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>>  Fix Released
>>
>> Bug description:
>>  Binary package hint: compiz
>>
>>  With compiz++, closing certain windows can cause focus to be
>>  completely lost, such that even Compiz's keybindings do not work until
>>  clicking on another window.
>>
>>  Currently the only consistent way I have been able to reproduce it is
>>  using Pidgin, by bringing the buddy list to the top via a keybinding
>>  in Compiz and this command: dbus-send --session
>>  --dest=im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService --print-reply
>>  /im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject
>>  im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterace.PurpleBlistSetVisible int32:1
>>
>>  What happens is:-
>>  1. Press keybinding
>>  2. Pidgin's window appears on top of everything, but unfocused, and demanding attention (focus prevention = normal)
>>  3. Use the "Activate Demanding Attention Window" action from Extra WM Actions
>>  4. Pidgin is now focused. Press Alt+F4 to get rid of it.
>>  5. Focus is now completely lost, and none of Compiz's keybindings work until clicking on a window to bring focus to it.
>>
>>  Further experimentation has shown that Pidgin's buddy list window is
>>  the only one which appears on top even when not focused, and I think
>>  this may be related to why focus is lost when closing this window.
>>
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> Sam Spilsbury
>


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Title:
  [compiz++] Compiz sometimes loses focus when closing some windows

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