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[David Baucum <694224@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is generally problematic with day-to-day use of Ubuntu. For
example, if I'm typing out some code in vim, then the song changes,
Rhythmbox pops up a notification which steals focus. So I have to click
back in the terminal to continue typing.

Just to drive home the point, while I was typing this out a notification
popped up which halted my typing.

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Title:
  Synchronous notifications briefly steal focus

Status in “notify-osd” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  It appears synchronous notifications (at least those for volume and
  brightness) briefly steal focus when they appear. This is quite
  problematic for games and some other applications that pause as soon
  as they lose focus. The focus stealing does not happen with normal,
  asynchronous notifications.

  Here's a quick Python program to reproduce this:

  #!/usr/bin/python
  import gtk
  import time
  def cb (wid, ev):
  	evtime = time.strftime ("%H:%M:%S", time.localtime())
  	print ("%s: Lost focus!" % evtime)
  win = gtk.Window()
  win.connect ("focus-out-event", cb)
  win.show_all()
  gtk.main()

  
  You could also just start playing Quadrapassel, then adjust your volume :)

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