Compiz Grid "Put Left", "Put Right", "Put Top Right" don't work as expected.

[Andreas Grois]

In previous Ubuntu versions one could change the width of a window by pressing the key combinations of Compiz' Grid plugin multiple times. For instance, sending a window to "Left" made it fill half of the screen the first time the key combination was pressed. After pressing it a second time, the window took 1/3, then 1/4, then 2/3 and after a fifth keypress it took 3/4 of the screen. For all positions, except Left, Right and Top Right this still works as it should. However, this is no longer possible for Left and Right. The window always fills half of the screen, no matter how often one presses the key combination. This makes efficient window placement quite difficult, because one has to do it manually, since for nearly all use cases, a simple 1/2-1/2-Split is not sufficient. It's also impossible to position a window in the top right corner, for "Top Right" and "Top" both place it just at the Top of the screen (centered).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: compiz-plugins-main-default 1:0.9.6-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 29 09:49:29 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: compiz-plugins-main
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Vadim Rutkovsky (roignac)]

Possibly, this is a duplicate of bug 774424?

[Andreas Grois (soulsource)]

Funny enough, "Put Left" and "Put Right" were working for me in Natty (if I remember correctly), so I think it's something different, although probably related.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[sanktnelson (launchpad-maibaums)]

I believe this should be two bugs. The "put top right" problem is likely just a type somewhere, the other two are more of a conceptual problem I guess. Please fix, grid is incredibly useful on big screens!

[Andreas Grois (soulsource)]

Well, meanwhile (I don't remember which update) the "top right" issue is fixed.

[Gareth Bailey (garethbailey0)]

Sufficiently annoying that I had to fix.

[Gareth Bailey (garethbailey0)]

The attached patch should fix. (Works for me at least.)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "grid_left_right.patch" of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by removing the tag 'patch' from the bug report and editing the attachment so that it is not flagged as a patch. Additionally, if you are member of the ubuntu-reviewers team please also unsubscribe the team from this bug report.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by Brian Murray. Please contact him regarding any issues with the action taken in this bug report.]

[Gareth Bailey (garethbailey0)]

The linked .deb should solve this for those on amd64 too. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~gpb29/compiz-plugins-main-default_0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10_amd64.deb

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 879218, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.