Description of problem: If I start a new program from a gnome terminal, the window of the new program appears below the terminal window. This has the advantage that the new opening program window doesn't catch keyboard intput that was intended for the terminal but that hasn't really been a big problem in the past. The new behavior on the other hand, really confuses users. I have tested this on real users and in many cases thy think the command somehow failed and tries again. It seams to be a bigger problem on small screens (e.g 1024x768) where there is less room for the opening application, and where panels might be in hide automatically mode to save space, making the blinking of the application in the panel less visible. Even in the cases where the user, knows that the application turns up below the opening terminal, it generates more mouse work. If this is a featurre and not a bug it should at least be possible to have some gconf key to set it back to the old behavior. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): metacity-2.13.144-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open a gnome terminal 2. from that terminal run e.g. gedit 3. watch gedit open under the terminal Actual results: Application window opens under the terminal window Expected results: Application window opens on top of terminal window Additional info:
Seems to have something to do with sloppy focus as well.
This bug persists on FC5-final. I will need to invest in a punching bag if it is not fixed soon. :) I am also using sloppy focus.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 186308 ***