Comment 6 for bug 926357

The criteria is that there is nothing trivial about working in Compiz, and
anything it touches automatically ceases to be a papercut. Even the most
trivial sounding problems have fairly complex solutions.

On 12 June 2012 20:35, Eddie Dunn <email address hidden> wrote:

> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut
>
> Not a papercut by what criteria? What disqualifies it? That it is not
> trivially fixable?
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but the solution should be something along the
> line of checking which Compiz viewport contains the largest area of the
> application clicked on, then go there. It should be quite simple to do.
>
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> Title:
> Windows can be hidden on another workspace
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
> Invalid
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> What happens:
> A window can be moved so that just a part of its lower edge is below the
> bottom boundary of the current workspace (workspace 1). If I later swicth
> to the workspace below (workspace 2), the window is registered as being on
> that workspace -- even though the lower edge of the window is hidden by the
> top panel of workspace 2. This means I can't activate the window by
> clicking its icon in the Dash; I will have to switch back to workspace 1
> before I can interact with the window again. (see attached screenshot)
>
> This is a minor annoyance if you are familiar with workspaces. If you,
> however, accidentally switch workspace this can be really bad, since
> you do not know how to go back, and the application window will just
> appear to be "gone" even though it is still running. The only way for
> such a user to get back to the application is to restart it, losing
> potential work in the process.
>
> Expected behavior:
> Clicking the icon of a running applicaiton in the Dash should bring you
> to the workspace/viewport were it occupies the biggest part of the screen.
> This way, an application window cannot accidentally disappear.
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