You have been subscribed to a public bug: Under Unity using focus follows mouse if you are working in window A, then mouse over window B and close it with a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+W, Alt+F4, etc) but the cursor has passed over window C( or even if window C is behind window B but has never had focus) window C is brought to the front. Prior to Unity, window A remained in front.
The old behavior is obviously much more reasonable since the last program to have focus is much less relevant than the last program to be in front. In a context where the front window always has focus, the difference is irrelevant, but when a window in the background can have focus and receive input, the assumption is that the user chooses which windows to bring up, and so bringing one to the front when user closes a third, unrelated, window is distracting, and upsets workflow. I like unity, but I like focus follows mouse more, and currently this bug (combined with the menu issues, for which, at least there are workarounds) makes the two only barely compatible. ** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Focus follows mouse behavior after window close faulty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/890286 You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : compiz@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp