Bug 514206

Summary: new windows are created at the bottom of the stack in focus-follows-mouse mode
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Robin Humble <robin.humble+redhat>
Component: xfwm4Assignee: Kevin Fenzi <kevin>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Fixed In Version: 4.6.1-2.fc11 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Robin Humble 2009-07-28 11:10:29 UTC 
Created attachment 355395 [details]
fix from upstream trunk

Description of problem:

with xfwm 4.6.1 in focus-follows-mouse mode, new windows are created at the bottom of the window stack leaving most new windows totaly invisible. the bug is fixed upstream. see http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5479

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

4.6.1-1  from fedora 11 updates, and probably rawhide too as the .src.rpm looks to have the same revision there too.

How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. have a few windows up, preferably enough to fill up the screen, or just have one full-screen window up
2. set to focus follows mouse
3. do NOT set focus new windows, which is a completely different issue - focus, not visibility
4. open a new window

Actual results:

new window (if you can see it) is created at the bottom of the stack where it is usually invisibile and then has to be raised by hand almost every time.

Expected results:

you can see the new window appear somewhere on the screen

Additional information:
  http://svn.xfce.org/index.cgi/xfce?view=revision&revision=30377
  http://svn.xfce.org/index.cgi/xfce/xfwm4/trunk/src/focus.c?r1=29658&r2=30377&view=patch
Comment 1 Kevin Fenzi 2009-07-28 15:45:33 UTC 
Thanks for posting this. I missed that that bug had gotten a fix instead of being closed wontfix upstream. ;) 

Will push out a update soon.
Comment 2 Robin Humble 2009-07-28 15:56:58 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Thanks for posting this. I missed that that bug had gotten a fix instead of
> being closed wontfix upstream. ;) 

yeah, it looked touch and go for a while there!! :)

> Will push out a update soon.  

thanks. much appreciated.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2009-07-29 02:45:22 UTC 
xfwm4-4.6.1-2.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xfwm4-4.6.1-2.fc11
Comment 4 Kevin Fenzi 2009-07-29 02:46:46 UTC 
Can you try the build from comment #3? 

Karma there or a note here about it working would be great.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2009-07-29 21:27:05 UTC 
xfwm4-4.6.1-2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update xfwm4'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F11/FEDORA-2009-8073
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2009-08-05 00:30:31 UTC 
xfwm4-4.6.1-2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.