[Lazarus] Lazarus scattered windows

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 2 Sep 2013, Martin wrote:

> On 31/08/2013 17:13, Jürgen Hestermann wrote:
>> I am working with Windows XP and
>> Lazarus is driving me nuts with its multiple window interface.
>> 
>> Very often, when I use Alt+TAB to switch back to Lazarus I only see
>> the source editor but none of the other windows (object inspector,
>> message window, Lazarus main window, etc.).
>
> So how exactly do you not see the other windows? Or more to the point: Why?
>
> - Was Lazarus minimized before, and only one Window (e.g. SourceEdit was 
> restored)?
> - Were the windows hidden behind other apps, and are still (so they were not 
> brought to foreground?
> - Or ?
>
> About hidden windows:  Take note, which window was active before you switched 
> away from the IDE. Is there a pattern?
> e.g for me, using the mouse, not tab:
> - if I click the main-IDE bar, all windows come to foreground.

On Linux, kubuntu, kwin WM, this is definitely not the case. 
This is by far the most annoying 'bug' in Lazarus on Linux.

Something one learns to live with :)

Michael.