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XFCE Focus-Stealing on All Notifications #1876

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opened 2026-02-20 21:17:21 -05:00 by deekerman · 7 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:17:21 -05:00

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (May 31, 2020).

Describe the bug

When clicking the activation button for XFCE notifications, Mumble takes focus, on any notification, including Riot messages (where only Riot should be moved to the front) and the notification previews when changing notification settings in XFCE.

Steps to Reproduce

Use XFCE.
Have mumble open at all.
Receive any notification which has a button.
Click button.
Mumble will take focus/jump in front of other windows, in addition to any existing behavior the button should have.

Expected behavior
I only expect to have mumble take focus if I activate a button for Mumble notifications.

Desktop:

OS: Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa LTS, XFCE 4.14 (best results for replication may involve using xubuntu, though. this is a server install with the xubuntu-desktop package installed.)
Version: Mumble 1.3.0+dfsg-1build1

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (May 31, 2020). **Describe the bug** When clicking the activation button for XFCE notifications, Mumble takes focus, on *any* notification, including Riot messages (where only Riot should be moved to the front) and the notification previews when changing notification settings in XFCE. **Steps to Reproduce** 1. Use XFCE. 2. Have mumble open at all. 3. Receive any notification which has a button. 4. Click button. 5. Mumble will take focus/jump in front of other windows, in addition to any existing behavior the button should have. **Expected behavior** I only expect to have mumble take focus if I activate a button for Mumble notifications. **Desktop:** - OS: Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa LTS, XFCE 4.14 (best results for replication may involve using xubuntu, though. this is a server install with the xubuntu-desktop package installed.) - Version: Mumble 1.3.0+dfsg-1build1

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-20 21:17:23 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:17:25 -05:00

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@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (May 31, 2020):

Uhm this sounds like a bug in XFCE to me. As far as I know Mumble doesn't implement any notification handling at all.

Does this also happen with other apps?

Is it only notifications or does the problem occur on other actions as well (e.g. clicking somewhere else)?

@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (May 31, 2020): Uhm this sounds like a bug in XFCE to me. As far as I know Mumble doesn't implement any notification handling at all. Does this also happen with other apps? Is it only notifications or does the problem occur on other actions as well (e.g. clicking somewhere else)?

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:17:25 -05:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (May 31, 2020):

This does not happen with any other apps in my experience, and it is only on notfications, yes.

@ghost commented on GitHub (May 31, 2020): This does not happen with any other apps in my experience, and it is only on notfications, yes.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:17:26 -05:00

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@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Jun 1, 2020):

Were you able to test this with different versions of XFCE?

@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Jun 1, 2020): Were you able to test this with different versions of XFCE?

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:17:26 -05:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2020):

Just tested with a laptop running XFCE 1.12 and it appears to not occur there. Same window manager (and window manager tweaks) focus settings on both.

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2020): Just tested with a laptop running XFCE 1.12 and it appears to not occur there. Same window manager (and window manager tweaks) focus settings on both.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:17:26 -05:00

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@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2020):

Thanks for the additional test 👍

Interesting. In that case I'd tend to say that this is indeed a XFCE bug... Have you reported it to XFCE yet?

Until we get evidence that this is instead a bug in Mumble, I'll close this issue. If you have further info (or an answer/statement from the XFCE devs), feel free to share it here and we'll see if that changes the situation :)

@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2020): Thanks for the additional test :+1: Interesting. In that case I'd tend to say that this is indeed a XFCE bug... Have you reported it to XFCE yet? Until we get evidence that this is instead a bug in Mumble, I'll close this issue. If you have further info (or an answer/statement from the XFCE devs), feel free to share it here and we'll see if that changes the situation :)

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:17:26 -05:00

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@NoraCodes commented on GitHub (Jun 23, 2020):

This also happens in GNOME 3, on stock Ubuntu 20.04.

@NoraCodes commented on GitHub (Jun 23, 2020): This also happens in GNOME 3, on stock Ubuntu 20.04.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:17:27 -05:00

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@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Jun 24, 2020):