http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31298
Bug #: 31298 Summary: Window managers can't switch between open Excel files Product: Wine Version: 1.5.9 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: alister.hood@gmail.com Classification: Unclassified
I'm using the setting "allow the window manager to control the windows".
1. When more than one file is open in Excel 2007, they are each shown in my tray (lxpanelx) and my window manager's task switcher (I've tried with metacity and openbox). Activating these entries only raises a tiny little window with nothing in it, not the actual Excel window with the file. There is also an additional entry, and activating it does raise Excel, but it does not allow me to switch between the different Excel files. The only way to switch between the different Excel files is using "View-Window-Switch Windows".
I'm guessing this is related to these messages which Metacity outputs when the second Excel file is opened: Window manager warning: Log level 8: meta_display_register_x_window: assertion `g_hash_table_lookup (display->window_ids, xwindowp) == NULL' failed Window manager warning: Log level 8: meta_display_register_x_window: assertion `g_hash_table_lookup (display->window_ids, xwindowp) == NULL' failed
2. Word and Excel behave differently with multiple open files on Windows, so naturally they also have different problems with Wine. When more than one file is open in Word 2007, they are each shown in my tray and my window manager's task switcher, and activating these entries raises the correct Word window with the document. But using "View-Window-Switch Windows" does not work in Word (N.B. I can't actually test this on the latest Wine, as with it Word always crashes on startup :( )