[Bug 111939] Re: Not possible to alt-tab during a drag-and-drop operation

[Bilal Akhtar]

** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) => Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)

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Not possible to alt-tab during a drag-and-drop operation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111939
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Status in Compiz: New
Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: In Progress
Status in The Metacity Window Manager: Confirmed
Status in Xfce4 window manager: Unknown
Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
Status in “mutter” package in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
In some window managers (I believe KWin is one of them) the user is able to initiate a drag-and-drop operation, then press alt-tab to raise a window that will be the drop target, and only then release the mouse button so that the drag-and-drop is performed. This is not possible with Metacity, Beryl, Compiz or Xfwm. It is unclear to me whether this is a limitation of the window manager or some other part of the system.