From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225 Description of problem: If user checks the box "Select windows when the mouse moves over them" from within gnome-window-property, the user can no longer raise the selected window by clicking on it (except if they click on the title bar). The expected behavior would be that the window is raised when left-clicking on any place within the window. RHL9 and RHEL2.1 function correctly, RHEL3 and fedora do not. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): control-center-2.2.0.1-10 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.run gnome-window-property 2.check box "Select windows when the mouse moves over them" 3. click in middle of a window that is partially covered by another window. Actual Results: Nothing. Expected Results: Window that is clicked on is raised. Additional info:
Having the same problem with fedora 1 with all updates. You can click on any window decoration and it works, but if you click in the window itself it will not raise.
This is the same as bug number 115027 on Gnome bugzilla. (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115072). This should probably be resolved as fixed upstream, after applying the patch. Note that this bug also disables selecting of desktop icons and any applets on the panel that require typing (such as a dictionary applet), so it's not just a preference about raise-on-click.