panels come forward when any fullscreen application opens a new window

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Yes, this bug still occurs on Precise with all the latest updates. To see it, for example, open gedit, choose View->Fullscreen, then press Ctrl+H for Replace. When the Replace dialog appears, the Unity panel and launcher will appear too.

This bug also affects Shotwell; see http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3441 .

Ah, I see. On Oneiric, gedit's find dialogue has changed and is no longer a popup window, so that's why I couldn't get it to activate.

Yes, I see this issue now.

Here is a screenshot of the bug occuring.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. I see this behavior in wily as well. It's normal to see the panel and the dash when a non-fullscreen window receives the focus, therefore, I will change the bug status to Invalid for compiz. There's another problem though that you might experience: in some known cases the launcher appears when a fullscreen window has the focus. This is a known Unity problem and we plan to fix it.

Sorry, :s/dash/launcher in the comment above.