Public bug reported: How to reproduce:
(1) After logon open a couple of applications, e.g. Nautilus, LibO Writer, Ubuntu Software Center, and Firefox. (2) Press Super+W to initiate scaled view all windows (provided by the scale plugin). The windows are shown in the following order: Nautilus, Writer, USC, Firefox (left to right, top to bottom) (3) Click Writer and then press Super+W again. Now the windows are shown in the following order: Writer, USC, Nautilus, Firefox (4) Click USC and then press Super+W again. Now the windows are shown in the following order: USC, Nautilus, Writer, Firefox (5) Click Nautilus and then press Super+W again. Now the windows are shown in the following order: Nautilus, Writer, USC, Firefox This example shows that scale plugin changes positions of scaled windows as they are picked by the user. This is probably by design but I'd say that such reordering of windows is counter-intuitive and confusing because the user has to visually search through all windows in order to find the right one to click. I'd suggest adding an option to change that behavior so that scaled windows do not change their positions. In the above example it would mean that windows were always shown in the following order: Nautilus, Writer, USC, Firefox regardless of which window was last picked. Currently CompizConfig Settings Manager does not provide such option. Versions: Linux pc 3.2.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 compiz-core 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 compiz-gnome 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 compiz-plugins 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 compiz-plugins-default 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 compiz-plugins-main 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10 compiz-plugins-main-default 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10 compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.9.5.92-0ubuntu5 compizconfig-settings-manager 0.9.5.92-0ubuntu3 libcompizconfig0 0.9.7.0~bzr428-0ubuntu6 ** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: scale -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1050666 Title: Compiz scale plugin: picking a window changes position of windows in the next scale To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1050666/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs