Add always on top windows to the alt+tab list

ash/wm/window_cycle_controller.cc

Index: ash/wm/window_cycle_controller.cc
diff --git a/ash/wm/window_cycle_controller.cc b/ash/wm/window_cycle_controller.cc
index f48ee76afa8f92f3d4aca34ba119b474c003141b..a683659a33919ecc8d81650fa7f812b58bdb73ac 100644
--- a/ash/wm/window_cycle_controller.cc
+++ b/ash/wm/window_cycle_controller.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "ash/shell.h"
 #include "ash/shell_delegate.h"
 #include "ash/shell_window_ids.h"
+#include "ash/wm/activation_controller.h"
 #include "ash/wm/window_cycle_list.h"
 #include "ash/wm/window_util.h"
 #include "ui/aura/event.h"
@@ -82,10 +83,12 @@ ui::GestureStatus WindowCycleEventFilter::PreHandleGestureEvent(
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // WindowCycleController, public:
 
-WindowCycleController::WindowCycleController() {
+WindowCycleController::WindowCycleController() : mru_ignore_(false) {
+  Shell::GetInstance()->activation_controller()->AddObserver(this);
 }
 
 WindowCycleController::~WindowCycleController() {
+  Shell::GetInstance()->activation_controller()->RemoveObserver(this);
   StopCycling();
 }
 
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ void WindowCycleController::HandleCycleWindow(Direction direction,
 
   if (is_alt_down) {
     if (!IsCycling()) {
+      mru_ignore_ = true;
       // This is the start of an alt-tab cycle through multiple windows, so
       // listen for the alt key being released to stop cycling.
       StartCycling();
@@ -123,10 +127,23 @@ void WindowCycleController::HandleCycleWindow(Direction direction,
 
 void WindowCycleController::AltKeyReleased() {
   StopCycling();
+
+  // Add the currently focused window to the MRU list, and stop ignoring
+  // activations.
+  mru_ignore_ = false;
+  aura::Window* active_window = wm::GetActiveWindow();
+  mru_windows_.remove(active_window);
+  mru_windows_.push_front(active_window);
 }
 
 // static
-std::vector<aura::Window*> WindowCycleController::BuildWindowList() {
+std::vector<aura::Window*> WindowCycleController::BuildWindowList(
+    std::list<aura::Window*>* mru_windows) {
+  const int kContainerIds[] = {
+    internal::kShellWindowId_DefaultContainer,
+    internal::kShellWindowId_AlwaysOnTopContainer
+  };
+
   WindowCycleList::WindowList windows;
   Shell::RootWindowList root_windows = Shell::GetAllRootWindows();
 
@@ -134,19 +151,20 @@ std::vector<aura::Window*> WindowCycleController::BuildWindowList() {
        iter != root_windows.end(); ++iter) {
     if (*iter == Shell::GetActiveRootWindow())
       continue;
-    aura::Window* default_container = Shell::GetContainer(
-        *iter, internal::kShellWindowId_DefaultContainer);
-    WindowCycleList::WindowList children = default_container->children();
-    windows.insert(windows.end(), children.begin(), children.end());
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < arraysize(kContainerIds); ++i) {
+      aura::Window* container = Shell::GetContainer(*iter, kContainerIds[i]);
+      WindowCycleList::WindowList children = container->children();
+      windows.insert(windows.end(), children.begin(), children.end());
+    }
   }
-  // Add windows in the active root windows last so that the topmost window
-  // in the active root window becomes the front of the list.
-  aura::Window* default_container = Shell::GetContainer(
-      Shell::GetActiveRootWindow(),
-      internal::kShellWindowId_DefaultContainer);
 
-  WindowCycleList::WindowList children = default_container->children();
-  windows.insert(windows.end(), children.begin(), children.end());
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < arraysize(kContainerIds); ++i) {
+    aura::Window* container =
+        Shell::GetContainer(Shell::GetActiveRootWindow(), kContainerIds[i]);
+
+    WindowCycleList::WindowList children = container->children();
+    windows.insert(windows.end(), children.begin(), children.end());
+  }
 
   // Removes unfocusable windows.
   WindowCycleList::WindowList::iterator last =
@@ -155,8 +173,24 @@ std::vector<aura::Window*> WindowCycleController::BuildWindowList() {
           windows.end(),
           std::not1(std::ptr_fun(ash::wm::CanActivateWindow)));
   windows.erase(last, windows.end());
+
+  // Put the windows in the mru_windows list at the head, if it's available.
+  if (mru_windows) {
+    for (std::list<aura::Window*>::const_reverse_iterator ix =
+         mru_windows->rbegin();
+         ix != mru_windows->rend(); ++ix) {
+      WindowCycleList::WindowList::iterator window =
+          std::find(windows.begin(), windows.end(), *ix);
+      if (window != windows.end()) {
+        windows.erase(window);
+        windows.push_back(*ix);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   // Window cycling expects the topmost window at the front of the list.
   std::reverse(windows.begin(), windows.end());
+
   return windows;
 }
 
@@ -164,7 +198,7 @@ std::vector<aura::Window*> WindowCycleController::BuildWindowList() {
 // WindowCycleController, private:
 
 void WindowCycleController::StartCycling() {
-  windows_.reset(new WindowCycleList(BuildWindowList()));
+  windows_.reset(new WindowCycleList(BuildWindowList(&mru_windows_)));
 }
 
 void WindowCycleController::Step(Direction direction) {
@@ -187,4 +221,16 @@ void WindowCycleController::InstallEventFilter() {
   Shell::GetInstance()->AddEnvEventFilter(event_filter_.get());
 }
 
+void WindowCycleController::OnWindowActivated(aura::Window* active,
+                                              aura::Window* old_active) {
+  if (active) {

[sky, 2012/07/19 16:41:15]

Only add windows that are children of the containers this class cares about.

[Zachary Kuznia, 2012/07/23 22:44:33]

Done.

+    if (!mru_ignore_) {
+      mru_windows_.remove(active);
+      mru_windows_.push_front(active);
+    }
+  } else {
+    mru_windows_.remove(old_active);
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace ash