Can't move tabs in Chromium

[Даниил Рыжков]

Can't move tabs in my Chromium browser (from official repository). When I'm trying to move one it just move in new window and I can't move it back to the old window.
Sorry for my English. I've attached video if you don't understand what do I mean.
I use Ubuntu 12.04 with last updates.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

I submitted a duplicate of this bug, that contains additional bug-report-attachments:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/977534

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Env:
 MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: chromium-browser 18.0.1025.142~r129054-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-05 (4 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""

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[Даниил Рыжков (daniil-r)]

Please note. This bug is Unity _2D_ specific.

[Albert Astals Cid (aacid)]

Yes, this bug is only reproduceable under Unity2d, doesn't mean it's a Unity2d bug. Chromium is incorrectly using X calls

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

@Albert Astals Cid
Could you please file a bug then at crbug.com with the proper information (or see if one is already filed and link it please)? Thanks.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

This is precise specific in unity-2d.

[Albert Astals Cid (aacid)]

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122789

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Marking Unity task invalid for the moment as this appears to be a Chromium issue.

[norteo (whatihavetosay)]

I use the cairo-dock session and it doesnt work either.
I would not say it is unity(-2d) specific.
If you need any additionall info, just ask.
Thank you.

[Даниил Рыжков (daniil-r)]

Yes, it's only chromium specific

[Federico Vera (fedevera)]

I'm not sure about that, this issue only affects chrome and chromium in unity-2d and not in unity-3d or gnome shell or kde...

[jlengrand (jlengrand)]

The bug also affects me.
Ubuntu 12.04 - chromium 18.0.1025.151

[Даниил Рыжков (daniil-r)]

@jlengrand just click the button. There is no need in new comment.

[allancr (allan-c-ramalho)]

Hy! I'm using Google Chrome 19.0.1084.52 in Ubuntu Linux 12.04. This problem is affecting me too in Unity 2D. The behavior is normal if i turn Chrome Window to "Always on top" mode, but in this mode the browser is not useful to me. Hugs!

[Steve C (scirelli+launchpad)]

I'm having the same issue. This wasn't happening a few weeks ago. I just noticed it recently. Setting the window to always on top allows me to reorder the tabs, but I don't want the browser always on top.

[Buck Evan (bukzor)]

I see three un-merged bugs in the chromium tracker on this topic:

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=114985
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=124761
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122789

The oldest one seems most canonical, the second one is the most-starred, and has gotten a (small) amount of dev attention.

[Buck Evan (bukzor)]

As a note, the current workaround is to use the hotkeys for this operation (ctrl+shift+pgup), or switch to Unity 3D desktop.

[Hristo Erinin (zorlem)]

Two workarounds for this:

To move tabs left or right in a single window you can use Ctrl+Shift+PgUp and Ctrl+Shift+PgDown (thanks to bukzor).

To move tabs between two Chromium windows you need to set the destination window to be "Always on top". Then dragging a tab from the source window to the destination would actually allow the tab to be inserted in the destination window, as expected.