#1038445 When in full-screen mode mpv gets minimized after switching Xfce workspaces

Package:
mpv
Source:
mpv
Description:
video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
Submitter:
Yura
Date:
2023-10-10 09:54:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1038445#5
Date:
2023-06-18 11:41:03 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

The issue could be reproduced at the very least for users of Xfce
desktop environment, who have the mpv player opened on one workspace in a full-screen
mode. In addition, users of other distributions like Fedora Xfce might
also be affected.

If the user switches to a different workspace, for example, a second one
and then goes back to the one where mpv is opened, the player gets minimized.

The expected behavior is that the application should remain in a full-screen mode without being minimized.

Best Regards,
Yura
#1038445#10
Date:
2023-07-02 17:27:30 UTC
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To:
Today I've discovered that potentially this behavior could be mitigated or even fixed by enabling the "Activate focus stealing prevention" option in the Focus tab of the Xfce "Window Manager Tweaks" settings section.

I'll test this option for several days to see whether the issue is still reproducible. If not, the bug could be closed.

Regards,
Yura
#1038445#15
Date:
2023-07-04 08:10:42 UTC
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To:
The issue hasn't been reproducible since the "Activate focus stealing prevention" option was enabled. So it can be considered as resolved. My only recommendation would be to ensure that this option is enabled by default in new Debian Xfce installations, if it's not the case already.

Best Regards,
Yura

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#1038445#20
Date:
2023-10-10 09:42:45 UTC
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To:
It's worth mentioning that enabling "Activate focus stealing prevention" option has other disadvantages, which prevents dialogs/windows with notifications from appearing, so this should still be considered as a bug related either to Xfwm or mpv..
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