Curiously, when you click on the Indicator Applet icon and select Pidgin, the buddy list appears just BEHIND the window having the focus. Try to following:
1. Open Firefox, full maximized. 2. Open a Terminal. 3. Click on Indicator Applet -> Pidgin. Result: the buddy list is displayed BEHIND the terminal window, but IN FRONT of the Firefox window. 4. Click on the buddy list to give it the focus. The buddy list goes in front of the terminal window. 5. Click on X button to close the buddy list. 6. Click on Indicator Applet -> Pidgin. Result: the buddy list is displayed IN FRONT of all windows, because there's no another window focused. 7. Click on X button to close the buddy list. 8. Click on the Terminal window, even it already has the focus (this is very important). 9. Click on Indicator Applet -> Pidgin. Result: the buddy list is displayed BEHIND the terminal window, but IN FRONT of the Firefox window. If you skip the step #8, then the buddy list is displayed IN FRONT of all windows. It seems that Pidgin tries to remember what window had the focus when the buddy list closed. -- indicator-applet fails to bring pidgin to foreground https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346554 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Indicator Applet Developers, which is subscribed to indicator-applet in ubuntu. Status in “indicator-applet” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “pidgin” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: indicator-applet The indicator-applet cannot bring pidgin to the front sometimes when another program is focused. I have created a capture video to explain it. First you see that the applet can bring up pidgin fine. But when I open a new tab in opera and then click the applet the contact list of pidgin is not opened in the foreground. But you can see it appear in the bar at the bottom. Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch) Release: 9.04 indicator-applet: Installed: 0.1.3-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.1.3-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.1.3-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
