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[Bug 1050666] [NEW] Compiz scale plugin: picking a window changes position of windows in the next scale

 

Public bug reported:

How to reproduce:

(1) After logon open a couple of applications, e.g.
Nautilus, LibO Writer, Ubuntu Software Center, and Firefox.

(2) Press Super+W to initiate scaled view all windows (provided by the
scale plugin). The windows are shown in the following order:
Nautilus, Writer, USC, Firefox (left to right, top to bottom)

(3) Click Writer and then press Super+W again. Now the windows are
shown in the following order:
Writer, USC, Nautilus, Firefox

(4) Click USC and then press Super+W again. Now the windows are
shown in the following order:
USC, Nautilus, Writer, Firefox

(5) Click Nautilus and then press Super+W again. Now the windows are
shown in the following order:
Nautilus, Writer, USC, Firefox

This example shows that scale plugin changes positions of scaled
windows as they are picked by the user. This is probably by design but
I'd say that such reordering of windows is counter-intuitive and
confusing because the user has to visually search through all windows
in order to find the right one to click.

I'd suggest adding an option to change that behavior so that scaled
windows do not change their positions. In the above example it would
mean that windows were always shown in the following order:
Nautilus, Writer, USC, Firefox
regardless of which window was last picked.

Currently CompizConfig Settings Manager does not provide such option.

Versions:
Linux pc 3.2.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4
compiz-core 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4
compiz-gnome 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4
compiz-plugins 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4
compiz-plugins-default 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4
compiz-plugins-main 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10
compiz-plugins-main-default 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10
compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.9.5.92-0ubuntu5
compizconfig-settings-manager 0.9.5.92-0ubuntu3
libcompizconfig0 0.9.7.0~bzr428-0ubuntu6

** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: scale

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