gnome-shell search can't launch apps if dock auto-hide is enabled

[Marcelo Pires]

[ Impact ]

Search

[ Test case ]

1. From settings:
  a. Enable non-fractional scaling of 200%
  b. Show the dock on the left side
  c. Enable dock auto-hide

2. Hit Super key and search for any result
3. Hitting Enter key or clicking on an application icon should launch it

[ Regression potential ]

App grid has wrong sizes or not properly visible

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The problem happens, when I enable the dock to hide automatically. With this enabled, it is not possible to run the programs through the search. But when disabled, it is possible to search and run the programs. Here's the video of the problem.

ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-39.42-generic 5.15.35
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permissão negada: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Jun 17 18:21:45 2022
DistUpgraded: 2022-04-21 13:52:59,951 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: '/usr/lib/ubuntu-advantage/upgrade_lts_contract.py'
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

Can you please provide the output of

  journalctl /usr/bin/gnome-shell

When this happens.

[paradoxheart (paradoxheart)]

Jul 08 22:43:39 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Running GNOME Shell (using mutter 42.2) as a Wayland display server
Jul 08 22:43:39 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Device '/dev/dri/card0' prefers shadow buffer
Jul 08 22:43:39 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Added device '/dev/dri/card0' (i915) using atomic mode setting.
Jul 08 22:43:39 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Created gbm renderer for '/dev/dri/card0'
Jul 08 22:43:39 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Boot VGA GPU /dev/dri/card0 selected as primary
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Using public X11 display :1024, (using :1025 for managed services)
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Using Wayland display name 'wayland-0'
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Unset XDG_SESSION_ID, getCurrentSessionProxy() called outside a user session. Asking logind directly.
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Will monitor session c1
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1495]: Window manager warning: Failed to parse saved session file: Failed to open file “/var/lib/gdm3/.config/mutter/sessions/10aa4c840d4a3e81c7165731661947636700000014770000.ms”: No such file or directory
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne gnome-shell[1495]: JS ERROR: TypeError: this._managerProxy is undefined
                                        _onGeoclueVanished@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/location.js:169:9
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Error looking up permission: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for geolocation
Jul 08 22:43:40 myne gnome-shell[1495]: ATK Bridge is disabled but a11y has already been enabled.
Jul 08 22:43:41 myne gnome-shell[1495]: Registering session with GDM
Jul 08 22:43:54 myne gnome-shell[2200]: Running GNOME Shell (using mutter 42.2) as a Wayland display server
Jul 08 22:43:54 myne gnome-shell[2200]: Device '/dev/dri/card0' prefers shadow buffer
Jul 08 22:43:54 myne gnome-shell[2200]: Added device '/dev/dri/card0' (i915) using atomic mode setting.
Jul 08 22:43:54 myne gnome-shell[2200]: Created gbm renderer for '/dev/dri/card0'
Jul 08 22:43:54 myne gnome-shell[2200]: Boot VGA GPU /dev/dri/card0 selected as primary
Jul 08 22:43:54 myne gnome-shell[2200]: Using public X11 display :0, (using :1 for managed services)
Jul 08 22:43:54 myne gnome-shell[2200]: Using Wayland display name 'wayland-0'
Jul 08 22:43:54 myne gnome-shell[2200]: Unset XDG_SESSION_ID, getCurrentSessionProxy() called outside a user session. Asking logind directly.
Jul 08 22:43:54 myne gnome-shell[2200]: Will monitor session 2
Jul 08 22:43:5...

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

Mh, I don't see real error related to this, can you maybe attach the full log?

Ideal would be:
 - Enable auto-hide
 - Replicate the issue
 - Get the log and attach it here

Thanks

[paradoxheart (paradoxheart)]

Auto-hide was enabled at the time, and I did replicate the issue. Other than trimming the repeated instances of "Timelines with detached actors are not supported." that is the full log for the session, which started from a cold boot. If that error's not relevant, then I don't have any more information to provide you from that log.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Removed the jammy task just because it's generally frowned upon to create distro tasks that are not assigned to anyone. If we all did that then the active list would get too long:

https://reqorts.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/rls-mgr/rls-jj-tracking-bug-tasks.html

[Heather Ellsworth (hellsworth)]

I filed a duplicate of this issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1989204

I only see the issue in a VM though. My 22.04 host system has auto-hide on and no problems navigating or clicking in the applications listed in the Activities view.

[paradoxheart (paradoxheart)]

Okay, I just discovered that it seems to be related to display scaling as well. I normally run with scaling set to 200% on my laptop as I find everything a bit small otherwise. Under this scaling, it does not work correctly. If I set the scaling back to 100%, then it works as expected.

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

It also looks to happen when an odd icon size value is used. Using an even one should ficrhe problem

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock - 74ubuntu2

---------------
gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (74ubuntu2) kinetic; urgency=medium

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * debian/control: Update maintainer to myself
  * docking: Don't try to call a null callback (LP: #1989170)
  * docking: Do not wait for dash animation two times with no overview
    (LP: #1965208)
  * docking: Ensure we perform the startup animation completely on docks updates
    (LP: #1965208, LP: #1989170)
  * docking: Use a try/catch statement on our promise to show errors in case
    (LP: #1989170)
  * windowPreviews: Take global scaling in account to set the clone sizes
    (LP: #1992843)
  * docking: Keep overview controls layout proportions when resizing it
    (LP: #1992847)
  * docking: Also reduce the app grid area when in auto-hide mode (LP: #1992847)
  * docking: Use an even width for the overview content area (LP: #1979096)
  * docking: Check if autohide or intellihide is enabled on menu closed
    (LP: #1983130)
  * appIcons: Ensure icons are animated when new instances are launched
    (LP: #1992845)
  * docking: Do not try to focus potentially undefined window
  * appSpread: Do not anything on destruction if not supported
  * docking: Ignore hover changes if overview is visible (LP: #1983130)

  [ Daniel van Vugt ]
  * docking: Handle when dash is destroyed during the login animation
    (LP: #1989170)

 -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <email address hidden> Thu, 13 Oct 2022 22:00:20 +0200

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Kay Schneider (ikay42)]

I have the same issue

And when i deactivate the ubuntu dock extension everything works fine.

When you deactivate the auto-hide for ubuntu dock it works fine. But its not that cool with an small screen. So i deactivate now the ubunut dock ^^

[Huan Zhang (victzhang)]

I have the same issue with the latest gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock - 74ubuntu2
It's related to display scaling, using 200% has this issue. In my case I need to use display scaling otherwise the texts are extremely small on my screen.

[Michael Biernat (michael-s-biernat)]

This is still an issue with 22.04.2 LTS. If both dock auto-hide and 200% scaling are enabled, search results can not be clicked. Changing either setting allows clicking.

Installed gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock version is 72~ubuntu5.22.04.1

[Merci (mercisanmi)]

Running Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS x86_64 I noticed the bug only happens when:

- Non-fractional scale is set to 200%
- Dock set to auto-hide
- Dock position is "left"

If either one condition isn't met, searched items function as expected.

[paradoxheart (paradoxheart)]

I manually installed the 74ubuntu2 release on my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS system, and this release does not appear to fix the issue. I can also confirm that Merci's description of the requirements to trigger the bug also affect me in the same way. However, doing some additional checking, I can expand this to:

- Scaling greater than or equal to 200% (fractional or non-fractional)
- Dock set to auto-hide
- Dock position is "left"
- All other dock options have no impact

A scale of 175% does not activate the bug, only 200 and greater.

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Hello Marcelo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock/72~ubuntu5.22.04.2 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-jammy to verification-done-jammy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-jammy. 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.

[Merci (mercisanmi)]

Hi Andreas,

I tried testing the fix, but im not sure if I did it right. The steps I followed, mostly based on the guide you sent are:

 1. Enable proposed updates from the Developer options in Software & Updates
 2. Run `sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock/jammy-proposed`

Im not quite sure if im missing something. I also tried downloading and installing the .deb file, with no change in the dock behavior.

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

I've been able to find a case in which this was not fixed for me too, and I've now handled it upstream.

So we need to respin the SRU update.

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

Handled in https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/pull/2020

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock - 82ubuntu1

---------------
gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (82ubuntu1) mantic; urgency=medium

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * New Upstream release v82
  * debian/rules: Install prefs.js (it allows to tweak further settings)
  * docking: Use upstream addChrome to track actors
  * docking: Do ControlsManagerLayout allocation with box-adjusted workArea
    (LP: #1979096)
  * docking: Be more consistent in reducing the overlay layout space
  * docking: Add both bottom and top spacing when there are no workspaces thumbs
  * dash: Use a different container to hold floating ShowAppsIcon
  * dash: Temporary remove separator when re-displaying icons (LP: #2017523)
  * dash: Compute number of icons easily and correctly to show the separator
  * dash: Cleanup a bit the icons ordering code
  * dash: Animate icons during overview animation but not during startup

  [ taoky ]
  * intellihide: add dropdown menu to handled window types (LP: #1983456)

  [ Sabri Ünal ]
  * Update Turkish translation

 -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 03:50:12 +0200

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Hello Marcelo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock/72~ubuntu5.22.04.2.1 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-jammy to verification-done-jammy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-jammy. 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.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Hello Marcelo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock into lunar-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock/79ubuntu2.23.04.2 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-lunar to verification-done-lunar. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-lunar. 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.

[paradoxheart (paradoxheart)]

I have tested 72~ubuntu5.22.04.2.1 and found it to be working, with 200% scaling, and auto-hide, and dock position left. The issue appears to be resolved for me.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

I installed gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock 79ubuntu2.23.04.2 on Ubuntu 23.04 and verified that the test case passes successfully for me now.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

The upstream gnome-shell fix for this seems to be in 44.rc onward.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock - 79ubuntu2.23.04.2

---------------
gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (79ubuntu2.23.04.2) lunar; urgency=medium

  * Keep shell overview always visible and usable (LP: #1979096):
    - docking: Do ControlsManagerLayout allocation with box-adjusted workArea
    - docking: Be more consistent in reducing the overlay layout space
    - docking: Add both bottom and top spacing when there are no workspaces

 -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:37:38 +0200

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock 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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock - 72~ubuntu5.22.04.2.1

---------------
gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (72~ubuntu5.22.04.2.1) jammy; urgency=medium

  * Keep shell overview always visible and usable (LP: #1979096):
    - docking: Do ControlsManagerLayout allocation with box-adjusted workArea
    - docking: Be more consistent in reducing the overlay layout space
    - docking: Add both bottom and top spacing when there are no workspaces

gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (72~ubuntu5.22.04.2) jammy; urgency=medium

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * debian/control: Update maintainer to myself
  * Ensure startup animations are performed on monitor changes (LP: #2019751):
    - utils: Ensure we destroy the Signals handler as last thing on destroy
    - docking: Do not wait for dash animation two times with no overview
    - docking: Ensure we perform the startup animation completely on docks
      updates (LP: #1965208)
    - docking: Use a try/catch statement on our promise to show errors in case
    - docking: Cleanup startup animation injections once done
    - docking: Handle monitors changed events while preparing startup animation
    - docking: Keep clip and coverPane size matching current setup
    - docking: Handle when dash is destroyed during the login animation
  * Do not hide the dock when menus are closed (LP: #1983130):
    - docking: Ignore hover changes if overview is visible (LP: #1983130)
    - docking: Check if autohide or intellihide is enabled on menu closed
  * Keep shell overview always visible and usable (LP: #1979096):
    - docking: Also reduce the app grid area when in auto-hide mode
      (LP: #1992847)
    - docking: Use an even width for the overview content area
    - docking: Keep overview controls layout proportions when resizing it
      (LP: #1992847)

  [ Daniel van Vugt ]
  * docking: Handle when dash is destroyed during the login animation
    (LP: #2019751)

 -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 04:12:06 +0200