No shadows in the menus

[Sebastián Porta]

The menus in Nautilus doesn't show any shadows as opposite to the rest of the menus in other apps.
Could this be related with compiz?
I attached a couple of screenshots.
I'm running the nautilus-elementary version from the PPA.

[ammonkey (am-monkeyd)]

Does the menu from others applications has the same behavior? and/or from a vanilla nautilus?

[Sebastián Porta (sebastianporta)]

In other applications the menu look like the one in menu.png that attached above.
In the Nautilus shipped with Ubuntu 9.10, the menu has the shadows (like the ones in menu.png)
I don't know if it's related but if make a left click on the desktop, the menu has no shadows either (used to have them with the regular Nautilus).

[ammonkey (am-monkeyd)]

ok so it's specific to our version. I'll check that.

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

Are you sure its not a compiz setting? The menus have shadows for me.

[ammonkey (am-monkeyd)]

bug confirmed from another user too.
It seems that we'll have to choose between compiz or rgba. The following lines from the rgba patches prohibit the shadow from compiz:

src/nautilus-window.c (line 156)
if (colormap && gdk_screen_is_composited(screen))
{
      gtk_widget_set_default_colormap(colormap);
}

I'll make an gconf parameter to switch between rgba or normal colormap, so compiz could draw his shadow depending on the user choice. But i am little busy actually so i don't know when i implement this.

Thx to jumpinjack who solved this.

[ammonkey (am-monkeyd)]

ok so by default rgba is enabled

to change that edit in gconf-editor the following key: apps/nautilus/preferences/rgba_colormap
this way you enable or disable the rgba support...by disabling it you should retrieve the compiz menu shadows.

If you know a better solution than this switch let me know, there's some problems with rgba, it's the best i can do for now.
Tell me if it work as expected.

[Sebastián Porta (sebastianporta)]

I'm running the PPA version, so I can't test it, right now.
I tried to build it from bzr but I got this error:

config.status: error: cannot find input file: `src/file-manager/Makefile.in'

[ammonkey (am-monkeyd)]

the autotools were changed if you pull make sure to make clean and then autogen.sh --prefix=/usr then make && make install

[Serrano Pereira (serrano-pereira)]

I'm running the version from PPA on Maverick, but I'm still having this issue. I'm guessing the fix is included in the PPA by now. Disabling "rgba_colormap" however did fix it, but that was the temporary fix if I'm not mistaking.

[lookout (lookout-lo)]

Ubuntu 10.10, Nautilus-Elementary from PPA
Nautilus (desktop too) context menu shadow not appearing.

[che.ssl (ssl-che-deactivatedaccount)]

Confirmed.
-> Ubuntu 10.10, Nautilus-Elementary from PPA
Nautilus (desktop too) context menu shadow not appearing.

[Gerard (gerardabello)]

In Ubuntu 11.04, Nautilus elementary from PPA, this still happens. Disabling "rgba_colormap" fix the problem, but that's not the way things should be.

[ammonkey (am-monkeyd)]

@Gerard go complain on compiz buglist (or enter your WM of choice buglist here), to get shadows on rgba windows or/and shaped windows (while we're here).
All that could be fixed in nautilus-elementary was: "we have to choose between shadows or rgba" . I don't know any WM/compositor which draw shadows on rgba windows neither shaped ones, Compiz don't, metacity don't etc....