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["Stefanos A." <stapostol@xxxxxxxxx>]

2011/9/27 matt <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> I have already submitted a bug for the fact that the last active window
> is not necessarily the one which receives focus when switching between
> applications with multiple windows.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/854643
>
> I agree that bringing the whole group up can be annoying. Particularly
> when trying to drag and drop between applications.
> For example:
> I have two nautilus windows, one occupying the left half of the screen
> (say a removable device), one occupying the right (say my documents
> folder). I also have a firefox window maximised, but behind the two
> nautilus windows. I want to drag a file from the removable device into
> my documents folder and then upload it to a website by drag and drop. I
> drag and drop from the removable device to documents fine. But now, I
> click on firefox, which covers both nautilus windows. So I click on
> nautilus, which brings up both windows, covering the firefox window. It
> means I must either move or close one of the nautilus windows to achieve
> what I want.
>

This is a very real annoyance that I encounter all the time when working
with files and multiple windows. Copy paste and file attachements can
quickly become a pain.