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[Sean Fitzpatrick <sean.fitzpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

If I have a conversation window open in Empathy, it is not possible to get the contact list back in focus - even if I move the contact list to another workspace.  If I try to use Alt-Tab instead of the mouse, the contact list does not even show up as a selection choice.
I can however click on the contact list to open another conversation or change my status.
This wouldn't be a big deal except that I'm running 11.04 with Unity.  And of course, in Unity, it is not possible to access the menus for a program unless a window is in focus, thanks to the global menu.  This means that it is impossible to change a setting in Empathy without closing an open conversation - the conversation window does have an entry for Edit->Preferences; only the Contact List has this.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: empathy 2.34.0-0ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 18 09:55:41 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity

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Title:
  can't focus Contact List while a conversation window is open

Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If I have a conversation window open in Empathy, it is not possible to get the contact list back in focus - even if I move the contact list to another workspace.  If I try to use Alt-Tab instead of the mouse, the contact list does not even show up as a selection choice.
  I can however click on the contact list to open another conversation or change my status.
  This wouldn't be a big deal except that I'm running 11.04 with Unity.  And of course, in Unity, it is not possible to access the menus for a program unless a window is in focus, thanks to the global menu.  This means that it is impossible to change a setting in Empathy without closing an open conversation - the conversation window does have an entry for Edit->Preferences; only the Contact List has this.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: empathy 2.34.0-0ubuntu3.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Aug 18 09:55:41 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: empathy
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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