Alt-tab switcher: behavior when window closes while switching
Bug #835348 reported by
Hernando Torque
This bug affects 3 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
| unity (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When one of the windows in the switcher closes while switching, the corresponding item stays in the launcher and when selected opens a new instance of the program. I'd expect the item to get removed or at least not start an instance of the closed program.
TEST CASE:
1. Open a gnome-terminal.
2. Run "sleep 10 ; exit"
3. Initiate the alt-tab switcher and wait for the terminal to close.
RESULT:
* The terminal item doesn't get removed from the switcher.
* Selecting that item results in launching a new gnome-terminal.
If this is by design, feel free to close as "Opinion".
Using Unity trunk r1455, not sure if that's a Compiz issue instead.
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
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| Hernando Torque (htorque) wrote | #1 |
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| Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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| Hernando Torque (htorque) wrote | #3 |
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| Hernando Torque (htorque) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in unity: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
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| Sparhawk (sparhawkthesecond) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
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When the program cannot be restarted (may it be a python program or the program was removed in the meantime), this results in a crash.