Resizing a VM's window while it's in the activities overview changes to the desktop

[Andrew Hayzen]

What Happened
1) Open GNOME Shell to the activities overview
2) Change the resolution (eg if using a VM resize it)
3) Notice that we switch to the desktop view

What I expected to happen:
At step 3 to remain in the activities overview.

$ apt policy gnome-shell
gnome-shell:
  Installed: 40.2-1ubuntu6
  Candidate: 40.2-1ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 40.2-1ubuntu6 500
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Impish Indri (development branch)
Release: 21.10

[Andrew Hayzen (ahayzen)]

OK, I've figured out what is going on. If you are on the activities overview and you change the resolution of the VM it then goes back to the desktop.

I'll see if there are any bugs upstream as it happens on Fedora rawhide as well ...

[Andrew Hayzen (ahayzen)]

Reported an issue upstream https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4626

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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Ubuntu 21.10 (impish) reached end-of-life on July 14, 2022.

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