Gwibber update status window (from indicator) closes when loosing focus

Bug #926834 reported by Frederik Elwert
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Gwibber
Confirmed
Medium
Ken VanDine
gwibber (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

When choosing "update status" from the messaging menu indicator, gwibber opens a small floating window. This window closes when loosing focus. This is not ideal, especially since all entered data is lost.

I think there are two possible fixes for this:

* Keep the window even when it looses focus.
* Keep the text entry content, so that it is still there when opening the window again from the messaging menu.

There are two cases that should explain why the current behavior is not ideal:

Unintended opening windows

* Start a download in the background that will open the file after the download completes (e.g., a PDF file)
* Open the "update status" window from the messaging menu
* Start typing your status update
* The download finishes, opens an application window (e.g., evince)
→ Status update window is lost, and so is your text

Looking for additional information

* Open the "update status" window from the messaging menu
* Start typing your status update
* Switch to another application, e.g. a browser, to look for additional information you want to include in your status update
→ Status update window is lost, and so is your text

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gwibber 3.3.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.21-generic 3.2.2
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 4 19:34:09 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110803.1)
SourcePackage: gwibber
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-22 (13 days ago)

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Frederik Elwert (frederik-elwert) wrote :
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Bilal Shahid (s9iper1) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
i am able to reproduce it
agreed,

Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
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Bilal Shahid (s9iper1) wrote :

that bug ken you remeber discussing in xchat

Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in gwibber:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
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Michele Kipiel (michele-kipiel) wrote :

the window also closes whenever i try AltGr+à (wich on an italian keyboard is the combination needed to type #), which is a problem since it doesn't allow the use of hashtags.

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