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[Stephan Henningsen <889145@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 674138 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/674138

Still broken in Ubuntu 14.04.  Please fix.  It should be a simple matter
of focusing the desktop just like any other window?  Giving the desktop
focus on default when no windows is under the mouse?

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Title:
  focus follows mouse breaks desktop interaction

Status in Unity:
  Confirmed
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Environment: 11.10 x86_64, unity;  focus follows mouse enabled with
  'gconftool-2 --get /apps/metacity/general/focus_mode'

  The problem: When there is at least one window open, the desktop
  doesn't get focus. Key presses go to the window and not the desktop.

  To reproduce:
  1) start with empty desktop
  2) create an empty test folder (mouse 3>new folder)
  3) open nautilus window. Move so that it doesn't obscure the test folder
  4) select test folder on desktop. Leave mouse outside nautilus window.
  5) type delete to delete the folder. The keypress is delivered to the nautilus window. (If anything was selected in the nautilus window, it was deleted instead of the test folder.)

  Since Unity doesn't come with a configuration interface I'm unsure
  which user preferences are supported/intended by developers and which
  ones aren't. I'm assuming that Canonical intends users to be able to
  set prevalent preferences (such as focus follows mouse) since doing
  otherwise would create a profound user experience regression. Is that
  assumption correct?

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