Vertical position of chat windows not remembered properly

[Mahendra Tallur]

Binary package hint: empathy

Hi !

This bug is 100% reproducible here, with & without Compiz. Maverick RC.

The *vertical* coordinate of chat windows are remembered. HOWEVER, when I put them at the very bottom of the screen, close & re-open them, they are always displayed a little higher, as if the extreme vertical value was set incorrectly. If I close them a second time & re-open them, the position remains the same as before (that is to say, about 1/10 of the screen above the bottom)

I'm using a 1920x1080 screen resolution.

Cheers !

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: empathy 2.32.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 6 22:40:46 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100923)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Mahendra Tallur (mahen)]

Well, I think my former post replied to them but I'll elaborate.

* Is this reproducible?
Yes each time.

* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
1) open a chat window
2) move it to the very bottom of the screen
3) close the chat window
4) re-open the chat window
--> its vertical position is moved about 1/10 of the screen height toward the top

[Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx)]

Can't reproduce with steps provided.

[Mahendra Tallur (mahen)]

Ah, I figured out the issue didn't occur after removing the ~/.config/Empathy/geometry.ini file.

Apparently, to trigger it, you need to reduce the vertical size of the chat window (once) and then try to reproduce the steps above.

I'm sorry, I should have tested this before.

[Mahendra Tallur (mahen)]

So to sum up the issue :

* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
1) open a chat window
2) reduce its height (only has to be done the first time)
3) move it to the very bottom of the screen
4) close the chat window
5) re-open the chat window
--> its vertical position is moved about 1/10 of the screen height toward the top

If the window height is raised, the issue doesn't occur !

[Rodrigo Virote Kassick (kassick)]

I can see this happening, but not *every time the window is opened*.

Here, the chat & the contact-list windows move up every time I use the *indicator* to access the window that was *previously visible on other workspace*.

To reproduce:
1) Open up the Contact-List window
2) Go to another workspace
3) Use the indicator to open the contact-list in this workspace
4) see the window moving up

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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