[winswitch] xpra and multiple desktops

[Douglas Doole]

I'll open a ticket as soon as I recall my login information :-(

My feeling was that this behaviour is relatively recent, so I did some more
experimenting. When I downgrade the client to 0.7.8, I no longer see this
problem, and new windows always appear in the current desktop.


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Antoine Martin <antoine at nagafix.co.uk>wrote:

> On 02/13/2013 10:40 PM, Douglas Doole wrote:
> > xpra seems to get a little confused when used on a system with multiple
> > desktops and xpra managed windows on more than one desktop. (I have seen
> > this behaviour on all 0.8.* builds.)
> >
> > For example:
> >    On desktop 2:
> >       start xpra managed terminal (for reference, call it term2)
> >       start gvim from term2 - appears on desktop #2
> >    Switch to desktop 3:
> >       start xpra managed terminal (term3) - appears on desktop #2 (!)
> I don't understand why it would do that.. Maybe I am missing a piece of
> the puzzle.
> If this is a brand new application window, the workspace should be unset.
> >       move term3 to desktop #3
> >       start gvim from term3 - appears on desktop #3
> >    Switch to desktop 2:
> >       click on term2 to bring it to foreground
> >       start gvim from term2 - appears in desktop #3 (!)
> >       start gvim (again) from term2 - appears in desktop #2
> >    Switch to desktop 3:
> >       move term3 (which also brings it to foreground)
> >       start gvim from term3 - appears in desktop #3
> >
> > It seems that xpra isn't aware of desktop changes until something causes
> a
> > change in window state.
> That's correct, and I'm not sure what can be done to change that. We
> just aren't notified of anything by the window manager on the client.
> Or maybe we are just mixing the workspace mappings for all the windows.
> I would have to test this for myself to know for sure, can you please
> file a ticket so I don't forget?
>
> Antoine
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