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

[dqeswn at gmail.com]

I followed the guide on wiki.ubuntu.org (
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuPackagingGuide/BuildFromDebdiff?highlight=(debdiff)
) to patch metacity. I got four ".deb"s as a result, installed all of
them. But it works the same, I still can't change to another window
while dragging something.

By the way When could this make it to metacity?

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Not possible to alt-tab during a drag-and-drop operation
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Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Triaged
Status in The Metacity Window Manager: Confirmed
Status in Xfce4 window manager: Unknown
Status in “metacity” 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.