Comment 2 for bug 1061346

yOn Thu, 4 Oct 2012, Daniel van Vugt wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 979252 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/979252
>
> I agree it's a bug. Sam says it's a feature because Unity design
> requests that menu shadows be clipped against each other. This code has
> not changed in a long time so it's not a recent regression.
>

Hmm, I think this particular *instance* is a bug. I think at the moment we
don't clip the shadows *of* transformed windows but we do clip the shadows
of nontransformed windows against transformed ones.

> Still, duplicate of bug 979252.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 979252
> Shadow Clipping / Regressions with AWN in compiz 0.9.7.7 (built an hour ago)
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> Title:
> regression - shadow clipping/missing/delayed on menus
>
> Status in Compiz:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I am not positive when this regression came about exactly, but i think
> sometime after branching to 0.9.9.x
>
> this bug looks exactly like this;
>
> http://ompldr.org/vZGNjdQ/compiz-shadows-menu-corrupt.png
>
> which is from an old bug report (by me) found here;
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz-core/+bug/979252
>
> again, i am not sure exactly what revision it was introduced in, but i
> will have a look later in the week when i can free up some time to
> build and test various revisions.
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