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[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail@xxxxxxxxx>]

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       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Alt-backtick should leave current window at the top of the stack
  *while* switching

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

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  1) Have 3 or more windows open from one application.
  2) Press alt-backtick (alt-`) twice. (That is, hold alt, press-and-release backtick twice, then release alt.)

  Expected behaviour:
  The third-highest window should move to the top of the stack and be activated.

  Rationale:
  This is observed when you do the same thing with alt-tab; the third-highest application is activated.

  Observed behaviour:
  The initial top-most window is reselected.
  N.B. This happens whether you press alt-backtick quickly or slowly. For a rapid press, I would expect the "alt-tab switcher" not to pop up visually, although it does. This issue relates to this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/987156

  This bug occurs because unity immediately moves the top-most window to
  the second position in the stack (as observed from the "alt-tab
  switcher" thumbnails). That is, if the windows are initially ordered
  as #1, #2, and #3, then the "alt-tab switcher" shows them as #2, #1,
  #3. The initial alt-backtick then selects the top-most of this stack,
  which is now #2. This is counter-intuitive not only because of the bug
  described here, but also because until alt has been released, the
  "switch" has not occurred yet. The behaviour of the alt-tab switcher
  is more intuitive, where the #1, #2, #3 order is maintained, but the
  selection begins at the second-highest application.

  This bug means the selection of other windows is counter-intuitive, and (for windows lower than #2) requires an extra key-press. i.e.:
  1 × alt-backtick = select window #2 (as expected)
  2 × alt-backtick = select window #1 (expect selection of window #3)
  3 × alt-backtick = select window #3 (expect selection of window #4)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: unity 5.12-0ubuntu1.1
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-030500rc4-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,imgpng,move,snap,place,session,unitymtgrabhandles,vpswitch,mousepoll,resize,gnomecompat,wall,regex,grid,animation,expo,workarounds,fade,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
  Date: Mon Jul  2 19:31:28 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (64 days ago)

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