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[James Pharaoh <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This bug is very real and you can easily compare the difference in
Metacity, which works fine.

The point is that the window manager is in charge of, for each window,
the location, size and stacking. The title bar and window borders are
one way to adjust all of these. Another way is to use the meta key. The
meta key method is useful because it will work in any part of a window,
making it faster to use and also possible when the title bar is hidden.

The problem is that while we can still control the position and size of
a window using the meta key (meta+drag left for location, meta+drag
middle for size, meta+click right for menu), the bring to top command
has stopped working in compiz. This has normally been available with
meta+click left.

This should work regardless of the click to raise settings, just as
clicking on the title bar continues to work. The two are equivalent and
should function the same. By holding the meta key you are specifically
telling the window manager that you are talking to it and not to the
application.

As I said, this can easily be seen working in Metacity. This is a
blocker for me using unity. I love focus follows mouse precisely because
of the ability to place windows exactly where I want them. Without this
ability it takes longer to do so than it should.

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  Move Window doesn't raise window

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