[PATCH] Can't see window requesting attention from a different workspace

Binary package hint: window-picker-applet

When a window requests attention, its icon flashes in window-picker-applet.

However, when I uncheck the setting "Show windows from all workspaces" and a window on a different workspace requests attention, I don't see it until I switch to the workspace containing the window.

The patch below modifies the behaviour so that windows requesting attention are visible on all workspaces.

This happens on window-picker-applet-0.5.10 on Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS, but the patch is against the latest upstream git, which I believe is called 0.5.8-1?

Note other words for workspace may include viewport or virtual desktop.

diff --git a/src/task-item.c b/src/task-item.c
index 55f3e27..c99c6b4 100644
--- a/src/task-item.c
+++ b/src/task-item.c
@@ -170,7 +170,11 @@ task_item_set_visibility (TaskItem *item)

   if (!wnck_window_is_skip_tasklist (window))
   {
- if (wnck_workspace_is_virtual (workspace))
+ if (wnck_window_or_transient_needs_attention (window))
+ {
+ show_window = TRUE;
+ }
+ else if (wnck_workspace_is_virtual (workspace))
     {
       show_window = wnck_window_is_in_viewport (window, workspace);
     }