Netbeans menu don't work when maximized or enlarged

[jambra]

When netbeans 7.1 is maximized or enlarged by dragging, the top menus (file, edit, etc.) don’t work properly with mouse.

[jambra (jambra)]

Same problem with netbeans 7.0.1.

[Rafael Gontijo Winter (gontijobh)]

with the same problem in Netbeans 7.2.1.

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

This is happening, I don't know why.

[Simon (nowis74)]

This seems to happen in Linux mint too (http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=93011).

[gluca (gianluca-carlesso)]

Same problem with Netbeans 7.2.1

[Gaurav Pareek (grvrulz)]

This is a problem with communication between swing applications and the window manager. A quick workaround is:
* Unmaximize the window and make sure menus work.
* Move window to top-lef corner.
* Maximize the window.

This might happen in other java applications as well, e.g. webcamstudio.

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

Happens with JDownloader too.

[Christophe Bastin (ozzmos)]

This bug seems to be related to Mutter on which Gala is based on.
http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-70226

[slier (slier81)]

it is still problem..
Using Netbeans7.3, when maximize Netbeans, all menu totally not working

[Javier Miguélez Rodríguez (morodeoz)]

With NetBeans 7.3 and I have the same problem. Linux Mint developers have solved the problem in Canela. Please Fix this

[martini (mr-owner-gmail)]

Here is the cure:
Edit Netbeans .desktop launcher in ~/.local/share/applications/ to change Exec like this:

Exec=env DESKTOP_SESSION="gnome-shell" /bin/sh "/your/path/to/netbeans"

[Tom Beckmann (tombeckmann)]

We recently had an update which may have fixed this. Please test again and reopen if it is not fixed yet.