incorrect placement on multimonitor systems with focus-follow on

[Tin Tvrtkovic]

When changing the volume via the mouse scroll wheel over the volume indicator, the libnotify pop-up displaying the current volume is placed a little too high, obscuring all the indicators. The volume bubble should be placed lower.

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.10.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,resize,move,gnomecompat,snap,mousepoll,wall,imgpng,regex,place,commands,grid,session,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,fade,workarounds,expo,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Fri Dec 21 14:46:22 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-10 (225 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (63 days ago)

[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

Thanks a lot for reporting this. Does this affect only the volume indicator, or is it universal to all indicators?

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

I think it should be the same for the brightness notification or others. There might already be a similar bug report somewhere.

[Tin Tvrtkovic (tinchester)]

The brightness pop-up is also affected, but notify-send and Rhythmbox notifications aren't.

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[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

Reopening since I forgot to change the "Incomplete" status after additional information was provided.

[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

I'm not sure if this is a problem that needs to be fixed in Unity or in NotifyOSD, so I've forwarded it to both projects for input.

[Dario Ruellan (druellan)]

Chris, I also think we need design input here, since one of the proposed fixes is a change on the notifications for volume/brightness.

[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

Dario, I don't think this one's a design issue. The solution seems obvious to me - the notification bubble is too high so it obscures part of the panel. The question is which package should this be fixed in.

[Tin Tvrtkovic (tinchester)]

This is still an issue on 13.04.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Confirmed, that's an issue with multimonitor focus-follow, which is now the default in trusty. That bug should be fixed this cycle since the default change made it quite visible

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Mirco, could you have a look to that one?

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

If I recall correctly this is due to the fact that the desktop's strut is taken from the wrong screen (or the fact that all attached screens are treated as one big desktop). This needs a per-screen strut calculation before each notification is placed visibly on screen.

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The issue is fixed with that update
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/0.9.35+14.04.20140213-0ubuntu1