"move to another workspace" from window list applet's RMB menu behaves erratically

[Oded Arbel]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

My GNOME session is set with 6 workspaces and the window list is set to show windows from all workspaces and restore windows from a minimiezed state to their original workspace.

When right clicking a button for a window that is not on the current workspace, the "move to another workspace" features works unpredictably:
- sometimes it doesn't do anything;
- sometimes it moves the window to the first workspace regardless of what workspace was chosen;
- sometimes it moves the window a workspace different then the one that was asked;
- and sometimes, though rarely, it apparently moves the window off screen - as the "move to another workspace" list shows all workspace options enabled and selecting the window from the window list does not show it nor moves the view to another workspace.

I've figured out that the behavior of "move to another workspace" is predictable and depends mostly on what workspace you are currently viewing, so for example if you're viewing workspace 2, then "move to workspace 1" behaves like "move1 workspace left" while if you are watching workspace 1, then "move to workspace 1" doesn't do anything,

Using "move to workspace right/left" works well regardless of which workspace you are viewing, as well as moving windows that are on the current workspace - only working with windows on another workspace is broken.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.30.2-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-13.18-generic 2.6.35-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-13-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 2 10:57:36 2010
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/panel/general/applet_id_list=[gnote,clock,systray,window_list,workspace_switcher,trash_applet,fast_user_switch_applet,applet_0,applet_2,applet_3,applet_4,applet_5,applet_6,applet_7,applet_8,applet_9]
 /apps/panel/general/object_id_list=[menu_bar,web_launcher,email_launcher,object_0,object_1,object_3,object_2,object_4,object_5]
 /apps/panel/general/toplevel_id_list=[top_panel,bottom_panel]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100701)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version. Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[Oded Arbel (oded-geek)]

Still happens in Natty in "classic desktop" mode.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Denis Mekhanikov (dmekhanikov)]

Maybe not the same, but a similar bug affects my 17.04 installation. I could reproduce it on two different machines. It only shows up when windows are full-screen, and the workspace they are moved from is not #1.