another workaround [which is idiotic, but it works for me.] i'm constantly having this issue when i try to alt-tab around in my windows vm. i've found that if i alt-tab s l o w l y, it works. alt-tab at normal uber geek speeds bring up the search window.
e.g. alt ... tab vs alttab. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/741869 Title: Unity/compiz intercepts Super and Alt keypresses from grabbed windows like VMs. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/741869/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs