GTK/Metacity window selection problem with Sylpheed

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 18:00:52 -0700, Paul Dickson wrote:

> I'm using Sylpheed 2.2.7 (in the latest devel) which I compiled a couple
> of weeks ago (Extras only recently added it).

Not true. It was available on 2006/07/31 already. 

> Whenever I go to a new
> window (either first compose window in a folder or a new summaryview
> after changing to a folder), mouse clicking it will bring the window
> forward but it won't be active (no matter how many times I click the
> window).  The window will only accept input after I click the window edge
> (I'm currently only sure of the top edge (blue bar) at the moment).
> 
> Is this a new feature in Metacity or a bug?
> 
> metacity-2.15.34-1.fc6
> gtk2-2.10.2-6.fc6

There are older threads about that on fedora-test-list. Plus: 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/204519

It is not specific to Sylpheed, also happens with Emacs, for instance.