[Bug 727222] New: alternate-tab extension is not compatible with current shell
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c0 Summary: alternate-tab extension is not compatible with current shell Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: RC 1 Platform: i586 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: GNOME AssignedTo: bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: Jan.Hebler@Kabeldeutschland.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1 The Summary says it all. The alternate-tab extension is incompatible with gnome-shell Versions: gnome-shell-3.2.1-1.1 gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tab-3.2.0-1.1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c1 Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |RBrownCCB@opensuse.org --- Comment #1 from Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> 2011-10-29 14:04:31 UTC --- Hi Jan, I'm afraid the Summary doesn't say it all - How do you know the alternate-tab extension is compatible? what happens when you install it? does zypper let you install it? does gnome shell work but the alternate-tab doesn't show? does gnome shell "uh oh..." on login with alternate-tab installed and enabled for the user? does something else explode? Without more details I'm afraid I'm not going to know where to start looking.. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c2 --- Comment #2 from Jan Hebler <Jan.Hebler@Kabeldeutschland.de> 2011-10-30 03:27:29 UTC --- Sorry, after reading my report, yes, that was not clear enough So: - everything is installed by zypper, without force or else - gnome-shell works, but alternate-tab doesnt - no, the shell does not make anything special, but the error-page in lg says: "extension is not compatible with current GNOME Shell and/or GJS version" and the extension does not appear in the "Extensions"-tab -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c3 Vincent Untz <vuntz@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |smartdumbguy22@yahoo.com --- Comment #3 from Vincent Untz <vuntz@suse.com> 2011-11-07 08:29:35 UTC --- *** Bug 728598 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728598 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c4 Vincent Untz <vuntz@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |vuntz@suse.com --- Comment #4 from Vincent Untz <vuntz@suse.com> 2011-11-07 08:29:58 UTC --- Richard: any progress on the fix (since we identified the issue on irc)? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c5 --- Comment #5 from Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> 2011-11-07 21:03:25 UTC --- the current status is that this extension, and dock, are not tagged as supported in 3.2 by upstream The comments on the following commit suggest this is actually intentional as there are issues with these two extensions http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions/commit/?id=00bb650c6c9e50... Changes have been made to the dock extension which I'm about to patch and test that should get it working, but there's no sign of any fixes for alternate-tab I can't seem to find exactly what the issues with alternate tab are, so I'm going to try forcing alternate-tab to run on 3.2 and if I find no issues I guess we can consider our moves from there -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c6 --- Comment #6 from Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> 2011-11-08 00:49:23 UTC --- I've got some highly experimental packages put together and building in my OBS repo https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=gnome-shell-extensions&project=home%3ARBrownCCB%3Abranches%3AGNOME%3AFactory This *might* include a fix for alternate-tab as well as another issue I've stumbled on with systemMonitor while looking into this issue. Note alternate-tab and dock will need there metadata.json file modified as below - "shell-version": [ "3.2.0" ], + "shell-version": [ "3.2.0", "3.2" ], I intend to tidy up and finish off the package before submitting it to GF (obviously) but if anyone wants to test it in the meantime that'll be a great help (unrelated technical issues here) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c7 --- Comment #7 from Andrew Walpole <smartdumbguy22@yahoo.com> 2011-11-09 21:56:01 UTC --- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728598 I posted above bug about gnome-shell-extension-dock, was marked as a duplicate. So this issue is for both gnome-shell-extension-dock and gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tab Shell Extension: Dock, Fails to load due to incompatibility with current GNOME Version. (Fails with any gnome-shell > 3.2.0) gnome-shell version = 3.2.1 SOLUTION/FIX: There is a typo in the file in /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/dock@gnome-shell.extensions.gnome.org/metadata.json - "shell-version": [ "3.2.0" ], + "shell-version": [ "3.2.0", "3.2" ], The above change adding "3.2", changes the metadata.json for the Dock extension to the same configuration as other working extensions. All other extensions are already configured this way. ------------------ I'm not sure why this hasn't been fixed considering it is a one line typo with a known 100% fix. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c8 --- Comment #8 from Andrew Walpole <smartdumbguy22@yahoo.com> 2011-11-09 22:02:27 UTC --- (In reply to comment #5)
the current status is that this extension, and dock, are not tagged as supported in 3.2 by upstream
The comments on the following commit suggest this is actually intentional as there are issues with these two extensions http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions/commit/?id=00bb650c6c9e50...
Changes have been made to the dock extension which I'm about to patch and test that should get it working, but there's no sign of any fixes for alternate-tab
I can't seem to find exactly what the issues with alternate tab are, so I'm going to try forcing alternate-tab to run on 3.2 and if I find no issues I guess we can consider our moves from there
In reponse to this, Dock kept breaking as GNOME kept changing API names, in 3.1.91 to 3.1.92, etc. So far, no API changes have occurred since the release of the stable branch (3.2). Dock works 100% with GNOME 3.2.1 (with above fix applied) and GNOME 3.2.0, including all features and possible configurations. I've tested. Alternate Tab, so far once the typo fixed is applied, works flawlessly also. ----- I really hope this fix makes it into 12.1 before the final release, as it works flawlessly with GNOME 3.2.1. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c9 --- Comment #9 from Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> 2011-11-09 22:19:21 UTC --- Andrew, You are correct Dock works perfectly with your above fix - the issues I referred to that caused Dock to be disabled by upstream have been packaged and fixed by us, and I can confirm with my own testing that dock does appear to be ready. Alternate-Tab is another matter though - while your above fix does make it show in the interface again, there are a number of issues which upstream have not yet fixed, such as https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661281 and https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663064 I've been able to reproduce both of these issues with the alternate-tab we currently have packaged, I haven't been able to successfully get any of the patches suggested to work, and there are no outstanding upstream commits to the upstream package for alternate-tab. Can you confirm that in your 'flawless' tests, neither of the above issues occur? Do we have anyone who could perhaps help squish these issues in alternate-tab? Even if it was all working perfectly, timing means we're not going to be able to get this in for 12.1 before release So I think the best way forward is to take this time before the 12.1 maintenance window opens to see we can get alternate-tab behaving as well as dock is. When we can submit maintenance requests we'll be in a position to patch either dock, or ideally both dock and alternate-tab at the same time -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c10 --- Comment #10 from Andrew Walpole <smartdumbguy22@yahoo.com> 2011-11-10 03:48:39 UTC --- Testing of Dock, I tested every setting/feature/option/configuration possible. Testing of Alternate Tab, the extension loaded when I enabled it, appears to work fine, I did not in depth testing of Alternate Tab specifically. While with Dock, I can confirm for me it works flawlessly, every feature works without issues. Alternate Tab loads fine, Alt-Tab brings up the menu, I have not tested it past that myself. I do feel that at least Dock, as of testing, is production ready. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c11 --- Comment #11 from Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> 2011-11-21 23:30:36 UTC --- Dock has been dealt with , please see bug 728598 While looking at dock I have tried my best to get alternate-tab up and running. Using the same enable fix for dock did show alternate-tab in Tweak Tools menu and did let you 'enable' it, but in reality the extension was non-functioning, with what seems to be an invisible full screen window appearing when the user alt tabs the following 3 patches from upstream were packaged up and tested in the hope of fixing it http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions/commit/?id=ef934af38d5eef... http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions/commit/?id=afa8ccd07fde8f... http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions/commit/?id=7cabe76fe3247c... This resulted in an alternate-tab extension that could be enabled, but instead of getting an alternative tab behaviour, the standard gnome 3.2 behaviour was all that happened Would someone else like to take a look at it please? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c12 Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |bili@suse.com --- Comment #12 from Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> 2011-11-23 17:04:59 UTC --- *** Bug 732380 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732380 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c13 Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jdelvare@suse.com --- Comment #13 from Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com> 2012-01-16 21:18:28 UTC --- FWIW, I too would appreciate a lot if the alternate-tab extension could get fixed. I really don't like Gnome 3.2's default Alt-Tab implementation. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c14 --- Comment #14 from Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> 2012-01-16 23:07:03 UTC --- Hi Jean, Thanks for the update, have you tried the Alternate Tab extension on https://extensions.gnome.org/ ? Most of the upstream development seems to be focused on the extensions now installable from this site (you'll need to use firefox), and I've struggled to backport the fixes that produced this bug (but I haven't given up yet!) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c15 --- Comment #15 from Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com> 2012-01-17 07:55:00 UTC --- Richard, I was about to try installing AlternateTab from https://extensions.gnome.org/ yesterday, but then saw a comment on that page saying: "I'm not able to uninstall this extension. I was able to uninstall some extensions in the 'Installed Extensions' page but not this one. I'm using openSUSE 12.1-x64. (...)" openSUSE 12.1-x64 being exactly what I'm running, and the system having been freshly installed, I admit I am reluctant to install something if I end up being unable to uninstall it in case of problem. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c16 --- Comment #16 from Vincent Untz <vuntz@suse.com> 2012-01-17 09:11:44 UTC --- (In reply to comment #15)
Richard, I was about to try installing AlternateTab from https://extensions.gnome.org/ yesterday, but then saw a comment on that page saying:
"I'm not able to uninstall this extension. I was able to uninstall some extensions in the 'Installed Extensions' page but not this one. I'm using openSUSE 12.1-x64. (...)"
openSUSE 12.1-x64 being exactly what I'm running, and the system having been freshly installed, I admit I am reluctant to install something if I end up being unable to uninstall it in case of problem.
You can always manually uninstall an extension that comes from the website: just remove its files from ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c17 --- Comment #17 from Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com> 2012-02-21 14:02:30 UTC --- Sorry for the late reply. I finally decided to try installing the AlternateTab extension from extensions.gnome.org. It installed fine and works fine too. I would prefer if it would only list the applications on the current virtual desktops, as this is what I am used to, but even without that it is certainly better than the original behavior (for me, at least.) Oh, looking further on extensions.gnome.org, I found two other extensions modifying the behavior of Alt+Tab: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/38/windows-alt-tab/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/97/coverflow-alt-tab/ I tested the first one and it does exactly what I need. So I'm going to use that from now on. It might make sense to package that one if AlternateTab causes too much trouble. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727222#c18 Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #18 from Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> 2012-07-01 11:56:14 UTC --- Marking this as WONTFIX - we're not packaging this extension for 12.2 and there is a valid workaround (see Comments 15 & 17) for 12.1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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