Vertical panels set to 'autohide' fail to unhide

[marmuta]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

Since the recent update of gnome-panel to 1:2.25.5.1-0ubuntu1 left and right panels set to 'Autohide' either don't appear at all or only after repeated tries.

TEST CASE
- Create a new panel.
- Open its properties and set it to right, expand, autohide
  and close the property window.
- Let the mouse pointer touch the right screen border a few times.
  --> The panel appears only after multiple tries.
- Open gconf-editor.
- Set /apps/panel/toplevels/<the-panel>/auto_hide_size <= 2.
  --> The panel never unhides no matter how often I try.

Update:
It happens only when the 'Rotate Cube' plugin is active, with all settings at their default, i.e. "Edge Flip Pointer" is disabled.

Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04
gnome-panel:
  Installed: 1:2.25.5.1-0ubuntu1
compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu7

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

thanks for the report not an issue here it does unhide ,could you try the same with another new user created on your system? thanks in advance.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

btw could you try without compiz? are you using xinerama?

[marmuta (marmuta)]

Thanks for replying and no, not using xinerama.
I did have a closer look and there seem to be two issues involved.

You were right, what I described here is most likely a compiz issue and needs the "Rotate Cube" plugin enabled and "Rotate Flip Left/Right" set to the left/right screen edge (default). Then compiz always "steals" the left and right screen edges from gnome-panel, even when "Edge Flip Pointer" is disabled (default). This must have changed recently. Some two weeks ago compiz enabled these hot screen edges only when needed, e.g. moving a window to another desktop.

The other issue is with (non-expanded?) autohide panels which only contain launchers, no applets like the clock. They don't unhide at all, compiz or not, until I reset and set their autohide-property in gconf-editor.

So, my plan would be to move this report to compiz and open a new one for the second thing. Does that sound right?

[marmuta (marmuta)]

Assigning to compiz because it happens only when the cube plugin is active.