Can't access minimized window after Unity restarts

Bug #851964 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Fix Released
Medium
Sam Spilsbury
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Sam Spilsbury

Bug Description

unity 4.16.0-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu 11.10 beta 1

1. Minimize a window.
2. At a terminal, enter "unity --replace".
3. Once Unity restarts, try to switch to the minimized window, by using the launcher, launcher spread, or Alt Tab.

What happens: You can't.
What should happen: You can.

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Bilal Shahid (s9iper1) wrote :

yes i have also seen this issue and it happen with this command unity --replace when we run this command after this the maximed window should open but it dosent open. but if we minimize terminal than maximizes than terminal is maximzed, i confirm this bug.i can reproduce this bug so
status ==>confirmed

Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Medium
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selkovjr (selkovjr-observercentral) wrote :

In fact, this happens whenever compiz crashes and needs to be rplaced.

Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)
Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 6.12.0daily13.02.19.1-0ubuntu1

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unity (6.12.0daily13.02.19.1-0ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low

  [ Brandon Schaefer ]
  * Multi-monitor: Mousepointer hangs when passing between monitors,
    although no Launcher is there (regression) (LP: #1120223)
  * Sticky edges should only use horizontal mouse movement (LP: #982543)

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * Launcher - Workspace switcher should not be in the Launcher by
    default (LP: #868423)
  * [regression] Unlocking a running application, removes it from the
    Launcher (LP: #1122311)
  * Launcher, Workspaces - dragging and dropping the workspaces icon on
    to the trash should switch Workspaces off (LP: #1118271)

  [ Chris Townsend ]
  * webapp: alt-tab gets "stucked" on the browser rather than going to
    the next entry (LP: #1070715)

  [ Nick Dedekind ]
  * Dash - the "Decade" and "Size" dash filter category widgets are
    broken (LP: #841899)
  * Dash Places group is shining on quick mouse over (LP: #1119487)

  [ Lukas Vacek ]
  * Show window list when right clicking an icon in launcher - enables
    quick window switching (LP: #1107866)

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail@3v1n0.net>, Lukas Vacek ]
  * Show window list when right clicking an icon in launcher - enables
    quick window switching (LP: #1107866)

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * unity launcher vanishes when switching to mirrored displays (LP:
    #991637)
  * Opening an app with super+num shorcut doesn't give focus to the app
    (LP: #1125331)
  * Alt+` and detail switcher broken after revision 3153 (LP: #1129372)

  [ Sam Spilsbury ]
  * Unity unnecessarily clears the ShapeBounding shape of windows on
    minimize (LP: #1091600)
  * Can't access minimized window after Unity restarts (LP: #851964)

  [ Automatic PS uploader ]
  * Automatic snapshot from revision 3163
 -- Automatic PS uploader <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:26:14 +0000

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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fldc (fldc) wrote :

Still not working as far as I can see, clicking the icon for a minimized window after unity is replaced makes the icon dissapear and nothing more happen.

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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