[Xfce-bugs] [XFCE 0000128]: Closing RealPlayer loses focus

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The following bug has been REOPENED.
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http://bugs.xfce.org/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0000128
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Reporter:                   bwalle
Handler:                    olivier
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Project:                    XFCE
Bug ID:                     0000128
Category:                   xfwm
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   tweak
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
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Date Submitted:             2004-03-04 10:19 GMT
Last Modified:              2004-04-23 22:15 GMT
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Summary:                    Closing RealPlayer loses focus
Description: 
I just start a xterm and in this xterm I start realplay. If I close the
RealPlayer, the xterm doesn't get the focus as usual. Alt-Tab doesn't work
in this state, either.

There's the same effect if I close the window with window manager
functions or with application functions. 

I use current stable version from CVS (xfce_4_0 branch).
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 olivier - 2004-03-04 21:09 GMT 
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I can reproduce the problem, but fixing it is a bit more tricky. Realplayer
is a closed source application that tries to manipulate the focus by
itself.

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 olivier - 2004-03-04 21:12 GMT 
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Just tried with metacity, that shows the exact same behaviour. It's not
specific to xfwm4 then.

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 olivier - 2004-03-04 23:19 GMT 
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Fixing this particular issue breaks multiscreen (not xinerama) focus
management. I think realplay should not manage focus by itself.

The bug is partially fixed however as focus is now returned to xfwm4 so
that alt+tab works and restore proper focus.

Thanks for pointing this out.
Olivier.

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 kelnos - 2004-04-08 19:31 GMT 
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mass stale bug cleanup - reopen if closed in error

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 bwalle - 2004-04-23 22:10 GMT 
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In 4.0.5, the Alt-Tab doesn't work after closing the realplayer.

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 olivier - 2004-04-23 22:15 GMT 
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yes, it's like that, sorry. Realplayer is a closed source application,
there is not much I can do about that.