"couldn't really enter input into the surface at all" That's because the About dialog is modal; meant to stay on top and never give focus back to the app window till it's closed. You can confirm that in Unity7.
So this is just a simple window management bug. ** No longer affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) ** Tags removed: xmir ** Also affects: unity8 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: miral (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: miral Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1668419 Title: out of order focus of child window u8 zesty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1668419/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs