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libwnck package

Pressed taskbar buttons flashing

Bug #31134 reported by seguso
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libwnck
Fix Released
Medium
libwnck (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Even after the recent fixes in libwnck-2.13.90, the taskbar still starts flashing without reason.

To reproduce:

1. Open an xmms window and make the playlist visible.

2. Drag the xmms window a few pixels aside.

3. The xmms button starts flashing.

This is not an xmms bug but a libwnck bug, because a pressed taskbar button should _never_ flash: if the button is pressed, the program has already got my attention, so the flashing is useless. It is also puzzling because it is not clear how to stop a pressed taskbar button from flashing. libwnck should have ignored the flash request simply because the associated button was pressed.

Proposed solution: all is needed is to do a simple check before starting a flash: if the taskbar button is pressed, do not start the flashing. Instead, libwnck seems to be using a much more complex logic where pressed buttons are allowed to flash (why?).

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. According to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317541 the wnck part of the bug is fixed and the other part is a window manager/application bug

Changed in libwnck:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

That seems to work fine for me now that the wnck bug is fixed. Do you still have that issue?

Changed in libwnck:
status: Confirmed → Needs Info
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seguso (maurizio-colucci) wrote :

reply to sebastien:

Until yesterday, a long update with synaptic resulted in this:

* the update dialog opens;

* two buttons in the taskbar are shown at once: one for the dialog and one for the main window;

* they both start flashing;

* the button corresponding to the main window is impossible to stop from flashing. To stop the flashing you have to wait for the update to end.

I haven't yet verified if this is still happening. If you are sure it isn't, the bug can be closed for me.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I'm not sure that the synaptic issue is the same bug, it could be a synaptic bug. Could you try with xmms and confirm than your original issue is fixed?

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seguso (maurizio-colucci) wrote :

I confirm that the xmms bug is fixed.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Closing that bug as fixed so. Feel free to open another bug on synaptic (if that's not already listed as a known issue) for the synaptic issue

Changed in libwnck:
status: Needs Info → Fix Released
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Changed in libwnck:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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