Windows maximize on the wrong monitor
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ayatana Design |
Fix Committed
|
Critical
|
John Lea | ||
Compiz |
Triaged
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Compiz Core |
Triaged
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
compiz (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
For windows maximizing on the wrong workspace (single monitor), see bug 776435.
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:
Often when I try to maximise a window that is on the primary display it will move to the secondary display instead. Here is what I did just now:
I have a Chromium window that I want to move from the secondary display to the primary display, so I drag the window over to my primary display, and drag the title bar to the top of the screen.
Result: The window maximises, but on the secondary display instead.
Same scenario, but instead of dragging the window to the top I use the window controls to maximise the window.
Result: The window maximises, but on the secondary display instead.
Same scenario, but I try to maximise on half the primary display by dragging to the left (or right). I'm doing this just to test really.
Result: It works as expected and the window changes dimensions to fit in the left (or right) half of the primary display.
Workaround:
If, after dragging the window to my primary display, I resize the window to make sure that it fits fully w/in the dimensions of the primary display it will maximise on the primary display as expected. Therefore, I suspect the problem is that some part of the window is hanging off-screen and Compiz assumes I want to move the window to the other display. This is a poor assumption, and quite honestly very frustrating. My secondary display is quite a bit larger than the primary and this means this scenario happens frequently.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.7.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Mon Mar 5 10:44:13 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
virtualbox, 4.1.8, 3.2.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.8, 3.2.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21da]
MachineType: LENOVO 4287CTO
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/01/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8DET49WW (1.19 )
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 4287CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.name: 4287CTO
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu33
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1
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summary: |
- Windows maximise only on the secondary display + Multi-monitor - Windows maximise only on the secondary display |
tags: | added: udp |
Changed in ayatana-design: | |
assignee: | nobody → John Lea (johnlea) |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in compiz-core: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ayatana-design: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in compiz-core: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in compiz-core: | |
milestone: | none → 0.9.8.0 |
description: | updated |
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in compiz-core: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
tags: | added: multimonitor |
Changed in compiz: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
This bug occurs (at least in my case) not with every kind of windows.
For example Nautilius works fine, but firefox is always problematic.