Bug 147749

From Archlinux packages
libreoffice-still 7.2.5-4
xorg-server 21.1.3-6
enlightenment 0.25.3-1


Bug described in detail in following IRC conversation where this issue was raised in Enlightenment window manager:

<AAA> there's a bug using E and libreoffice calc. If I have the "find" menu open in libreoffice (CTRL+F) with some text there, when I do ALT+TAB to go to any other window, the libreoffice window keeps being in the foreground instead of changing
<AAA> when I close the "find" dialog, then the behavior is correct
<AAA> not sure if that's a libreoffice bug or an E bug
<AAA> no need to have text in the "find" dialog, just have focus on it. If I set foucs out of it inside libreoffice, then everything is fine
<BBBBBB> AAA: find?
<BBBBBB> find isnt a menu or dialog
<BBBBBB> it pops up a find field at the bottom of the document...
<BBBBBB> but yes  -it doesnt seem to restack
<BBBBBB> i dont know why - but e itself knows ntohing of the content of the libreoffice window
<AAA> BBBBBB, yes, I mean exactly that find bottom field :)
<AAA> so you see the issue too?
<BBBBBB> it's almost as if libreoffice requests an activation
<BBBBBB> ok
<BBBBBB> yup
<BBBBBB> libreoffice bug
<BBBBBB> if you go it i
<BBBBBB> settings -> window -> focus -> focus settings -> advanced -> hints
<BBBBBB> then "ignore hint" for active window hint policy
<BBBBBB> then e will ignore the "please activate me" request from applications
<BBBBBB> suddenly you'll find it works
<BBBBBB> this tells me libreoffice is saying "please activate me"
<BBBBBB> like when the mouse pointer enters the window  while the find panel ois open
<BBBBBB> it does this on any mouse enter too fyi
<BBBBBB>  ytry this - open another window
<BBBBBB> place it on top of libroffice
<BBBBBB> actually on focus in it does an activate hint request too
<AAA> I don't have focus following mouse which I think is the default in E, so I think I don't see what you said due to that reason
<BBBBBB> so every time it gets a focus in for any reason ... it says "please activate me"
<BBBBBB> the problem is when your alt-tab window tabbing ends it briefly gets focus in as a result of e releasing a keyboard grab
<BBBBBB> THEN e sets focus to the target window
<BBBBBB> but while e sets focus to that libreoffice now saw its brief focus in
<BBBBBB> it now sends a "please activate me"
<BBBBBB> which e then gets later as its all async
<BBBBBB> and e responds
<BBBBBB> so libreoffice is asking to be activated
<BBBBBB> e obliges
<AAA> does it makes sense to pass the focus back to the previous window when ending the alt-tab thing?
<BBBBBB> thats a bi-product of releasing a ghrab
<BBBBBB> the xserver automatically does this
<BBBBBB>  a grab results in whatever had the focus gettign s focus out event
<AAA> can't it be done the other way? change the focus, then release the grab?
<BBBBBB> a grab release has the focus go in to the window that was focused before
<AAA> BBBBBB, ok I'll simply create a bug report for libreoffice pasting this conversation + libreoffice version, I hope that should be enough
<AAA> are you fine with it?
<BBBBBB> focus set would fail because kbd is grabbed i believe
<BBBBBB> butg either way an app should not be doing this
<BBBBBB> imagine this:
<BBBBBB> you focus the window pointer focus
<BBBBBB> this just results in the window being focused
<BBBBBB> not raised to the top
<BBBBBB> you allow windows below others to be focused
<BBBBBB> BUT
<BBBBBB> what libreoffice does it say "activate me"
<BBBBBB> which is not just focus
<BBBBBB> it implies that window needs to be front-and-center to the user for interaction NOW
<BBBBBB> so e.g. e will now raise AND focus the window
<BBBBBB> so this means even though you dont have an autoraise policy in place to auto- raise on focus liubreoffice ALWAYs will raise the window too becsuse it always asks to be activated if the find panel is up
<BBBBBB> so no matter what ... its a libreoffice bug
<BBBBBB> well maybe it isnt
<BBBBBB> maybe libreoffice wants this behavior
<AAA> yeah I see, I guess inyour setup the issue is even worse because you have foucs on mouse over
<BBBBBB> then it sa "libreoffice wants to be annoying so deal with it" :)
<BBBBBB> and yup
<BBBBBB> its worse
<AAA> BBBBBB, so are you fine if I just paste the conversation as a ticket?
<BBBBBB> i see the problem with libreoffice just instantly raising the moment my moue goes over it
<BBBBBB> even tho another window is above (a small terminal .. i dont want it to hide behind libreoffice, but it does)
<BBBBBB> sure
<BBBBBB> the above example of how its a bug where it basically creates an autoraise behavior when there should not be one
<BBBBBB> i could go put a lot of code in e to work around this
<AAA> that only happens when you have the Find bottom tab open right?
<BBBBBB> eg to ignore activate requests on windows already focused
<BBBBBB> but then e is forever doing workarounds of what is realisitcally broken app behavior and e is forever adding more and more funcky options to deal with each case
<BBBBBB> and yup
<BBBBBB> only then
<BBBBBB> so its some internal change to libreoffice when it is in that mode it does this
<BBBBBB> and interestingly if u open a new libreoffuce and it has the find panel ALREADY there... 
<BBBBBB> it doesnt do this
<BBBBBB> it only does it if u close the find panel, open it again (menu or ctrl+f)
<BBBBBB> and then it starts doing it