Windows are maximized under Unity Launcher and receive clicks when clicking on Lanucher icons

[elPraga]

Binary package hint: unity

Windows maximize below Unity Launcher that covers part of them again. The Launcher does not receive mouse clicks as the window below receives them. This behavior makes Launcher quite useless.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.6.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,imgjpeg,decor,imgpng,place,obs,imgsvg,move,commands,staticswitcher,gnomecompat,resize,text,zoom,mousepoll,regex,mag,session,wall,shift,animation,wobbly,fade,expo,scale,workarounds,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
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 modes: 1024x600
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DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
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Date: Fri Mar 18 10:46:26 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2010-12-07 18:57:51.765182
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0349]
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0349]
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
InstallationMedia_: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
InstallationMedia__: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: Acer AO532h
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=es_ES:es:en_GB:en
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
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ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2010-12-09 (99 days ago)
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dmi.product.name: AO532h
dmi.product.version: V1.25
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
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version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu5

[elPraga (elpraga)]

Well, after logging out and in again, it is working as expected. After reboot as well. I do not know what happened earlier. It is working well again now.

[elPraga (elpraga)]

Just happened again. This time during a session. I have the launcher set to be always visible. When I started, the windows were fine, maximizin themselves alongside the launchpad. During the session the windows began to maximize themselves under launchpad, clicking the icons on launchpad passes the click to the window underneeth.
The only thing I did in meantime was watch movies in fullscreen in totem and mplayer. Could be possibly related.

[elPraga (elpraga)]

Just happened again. When I start the session the windows maximize correctly alongside the launcher. Then all of a sudden they start to maximize under the launcher.

I started only the following programs: Skype, GoogleChrome, Empathy, Goldendict and Tucan.

Do now exactly what causes this but it definitelly should be fixed!!

Houw could I help? What information do You need I can provide?

[elPraga (elpraga)]

I juset found out that the launcher does not receive mouse clicks even on a clean page with no windows. It cannot be used to swith between windows. I can switch using Meta4 and number keys, but not by clicking on icons.

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

I just experienced the same thing, not sure what triggered it... my session had been running for hours with quite a few full screen windows. I also have autohide set to never.

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

I just found that if you toggle the autohide setting in ccsm it corrects itself.

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

I just witnessed it happen without any visual sign of something triggering it. I was reading an email in evolution, which was full screen. Without touching anything the window slide under the launcher.

This is happening often, and is new behaviour. So I assume it was introduced in unity 3.6.6-0ubuntu1 or maybe compiz 0.9.4-0ubuntu7 last week.

[Michael Dundee (dundee-michael)]

I can confirm the same behavior. Moving the mouse cursor to the top left corner and clicking seems to bring it back though. It is possible some "hiding behavior" remains even though it's set not to hide.

[elPraga (elpraga)]

It happens right now. I had the Launcher set to never hide. After some time
Gedit maximized under (while typing), I opened ccsm set launcher to autohide
and to never hide again. Ccsm resized correctly. I switched back to Gedit
(on another workspace) and it changed its size under the launcher again. I
went back to ccsm, switch to autohide, and then neverhide again. Ccsm OK,
switch to Gedit, went under launcher again.

I cannot log out and in now, to try to reproduce it, but maybe someone can
to try to reproduce.

2011/3/21 Michael Dundee <email address hidden>

> I can confirm the same behavior. Moving the mouse cursor to the top left
> corner and clicking seems to bring it back though. It is possible some
> "hiding behavior" remains even though it's set not to hide.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737420
>
> Title:
> Windows are maximized under Unity Launcher and receive clicks when
> clicking on Lanucher icons
>
> Status in Unity:
> Confirmed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: unity
>
> Windows maximize below Unity Launcher that covers part of them again.
> The Launcher does not receive mouse clicks as the window below
> receives them. This behavior makes Launcher quite useless.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: unity 3.6.6-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,imgjpeg,decor,imgpng,place,obs,imgsvg,move,commands,staticswitcher,gnomecompat,resize,text,zoom,mousepoll,regex,mag,session,wall,shift,animation,wobbly,fade,expo,scale,workarounds,unityshell]
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
> status: connected
> enabled: enabled
> dpms: On
> modes: 1024x600
> edid-base64:
> AP///////wAGr9IwAAAAAAESAQOAFg14CrmllllXkSgfUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBUBQAQEFYLCAYiDEA330AAAAYAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAA/gBBVU8KICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBCMTAxQVcwMyBWMCAKADw=
> DRM.card0.VGA.1:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: Off
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> Date: Fri Mar 18 10:46:26 2011
> DistUpgraded: Log time: 2010-12-07 18:57:51.765182
> DistroCodename: natty
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> GraphicsCard:
> Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011]
> (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0349]
> Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0349]
> InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
> (20101007)
> InstallationMedia_: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
> (20101007)
> InstallationMedia__: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
> (20101007)
> MachineType: Acer AO532h
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=es_ES:es:en_GB:en
> LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-5-generic
> root=UUID=c69c18e7-fffa-4f20-926b-20ef77ec26df ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> ProcVersionSignat...

[Michael Dundee (dundee-michael)]

My guess is that something has gone wrong in the autohide code so that when set to "never hide" it is only visually present but it is still tells the window manager it's hiding. (Basically all the clickable areas move off screen but the visuals remain.)

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

This specific issue was fixed in unity 3.8.4 or before.

[Haggai Eran (haggai-eran)]

I believe I'm also suffering from this bug, or a similar bug.
When I maximize a window it is shown below the launcher panel. I tried to change autohide in ccsm, and it only helped after restarting compiz, but when I logout and login again, the problem persists. I didn't have problems with mouse clocks though.

[Haggai Eran (haggai-eran)]

Hi,

Looking into the issue I found out that my video card was blacklisted, and so I was running unity in metacity, and not in compiz. That's why using compiz solved the issue. The bug seem to be with the 2d version of unity.