REQUEST: Unshade windows when they are given focus through ALT-TAB

Submitted by Bryan Bennett

Assigned to Olivier Fourdan @olivier

Link to original bug (#5931)

Description

I'd like to request either a customizable option or a new default for Xfwm's window switching. When switching between windows using Alt + Tab, a window is chosen and brought to the front but the shaded state of that window is not taken into account. Personally, I believe the idea behind Alt + Tab window switching is such that windows become usable without touching the mouse. Leaving a window shaded is useless for me when I have focused it with Alt+Tab.

I propse that there be an additional check box in xfce4's 'Window Manger Settings' Window that would toggle whether or not windows would be unshaded automatically when switching with Alt+Tab. If this is deemed to be a universal issue, a change in the default, non-customizable behavior could also be created.

The secondary, non-customizable route would probably be easier to test and implement, though I don't know how widespread accepance would be for that.

If I find some time in th near future, I will see if I can get a working patch together. (I have very little experience in C programming and I have no idea how the code is organized so this could take a while.)

Version: 4.6.1