GNOME Desktop selection is misaligned with the mouse on 21.04-dev

[Matheus Reich]

[Impact]

When dragging the mouse while selected on the Desktop, the selection box is misaligned with the mouse pointer. The issue only started happening on 21.04 after upgrading from 20.04 to the dev version of the OS.

[Test Plan]

Drag the mouse on the desktop and ensure the corner of the selection box matches the mouse pointer position.

[Where problems could occur]

Anywhere in the desktop icons selection behaviour. Unlikely given all that is changing is the removal of an optional optimization.

[Other Info]

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.38.4-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-14.15-generic 5.11.12
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Apr 19 22:00:22 2021
DisplayManager: gdm3
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-28 (112 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.38.4-1ubuntu2
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-04-13 (6 days ago)

[Matheus Reich (matheusr98)]

The bug is easily noticeable on the video attached here.

[Matheus Reich (matheusr98)]

This issue would have to be fixed before release, because that method of selecting multiple files on the Desktop is heavily used by users.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Ubuntu fix proposed in https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/shell-extensions/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng/-/merge_requests/1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng - 0.17.0-1ubuntu1

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gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (0.17.0-1ubuntu1) impish; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian, remaining changes:
    - d/p/fileItem.js_Add_support_for_rendering_at_high_DPI_scales.patch
    - desktopGrid_Compare_rubberband_bounds_in_global_coord.patch
  * d/p/stylesheet_Apply_text-shadow_once.patch:
    - Dropped — applied upstream

  [ Daniel van Vugt ]
  * d/p/desktopGrid_Get_the_latest_cursor_positon_on_motion.patch:
    - Dropped due to regression (LP: #1925095, LP: #1923347)
  * d/p/desktopGrid_Compare_rubberband_bounds_in_global_coord.patch:
    - Replaces Test_if_rubber_band_offscreen_in_loc_coord.patch
      (LP: #1922211)

gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (0.17.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Initial release (closes: #987291)

 -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <email address hidden> Thu, 06 May 2021 18:32:02 +0200

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

The proposed fix is attached to bug 1923347.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Hello Matheus, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng into hirsute-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng/0.15.0-0ubuntu4.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-hirsute to verification-done-hirsute. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-hirsute. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Matheus Reich (matheusr98)]

Hi Steve,

I have just downloaded the .deb package and installed it on my 21.04 installation. After just a session restart, it is clear that the bug has been fixed, and it is working as it should. Well done!

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Fix verified in version 0.15.0-0ubuntu4.1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng - 0.15.0-0ubuntu4.1

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gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (0.15.0-0ubuntu4.1) hirsute; urgency=medium

  [ Daniel van Vugt ]
  * Drop optimization desktopGrid_Get_the_latest_cursor_positon_on_motion.patch
    due to regressions (LP: #1925095, LP: #1923347)

  [ Gunnar Hjalmarsson ]
  * Fix typo in debian/watch.

 -- Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden> Tue, 11 May 2021 14:08:42 +0800

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.