Can't click context menu items when they cover the dock (in a Xorg session)

[vadim]

ubuntu dock in bottom position won't let me click on button (convert java file to Kotlin file) in android studio, but in the left position everything works correctly. That is, if the menu android studio overlaps the ubuntu dock, then the menu buttons will not be pressed.

https://youtu.be/KsOVG7Uucow

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-46.49-generic 5.15.39
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-46-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.gpu0: Error: path was not a regular file.
.proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.mig: Error: path was not a regular file.
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: path was not a regular file.
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 515.65.01 Wed Jul 20 14:00:58 UTC 2022
 GCC version:
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Sun Aug 14 10:52:56 2022
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: jammy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 openrazer-driver/3.4.0, 5.15.0-43-generic, x86_64: installed
 openrazer-driver/3.4.0, 5.15.0-46-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 [8086:5917] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Xiaomi UHD Graphics 620 [1d72:1701]
   Subsystem: Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro [GeForce MX150] [1d72:1701]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-07-13 (31 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
MachineType: Timi TM1701
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-46-generic root=UUID=7c5eaac1-9b38-4169-8a20-0fef5e97c644 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/02/2018
dmi.bios.release: 106.121
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE Corp.
dmi.bios.version: XMAKB5R0P0603
dmi.board.asset.tag: Any
dmi.board.name: TM1701
dmi.board.vendor: Timi
dmi.board.version: MP
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Timi
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 0.3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDECorp.:bvrXMAKB5R0P0603:bd02/02/2018:br106.121:efr0.3:svnTimi:pnTM1701:pvr:rvnTimi:rnTM1701:rvrMP:cvnTimi:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:sku:
dmi.product.family: Timibook
dmi.product.name: TM1701
dmi.sys.vendor: Timi
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.110-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 22.0.5-0ubuntu0.1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 22.0.5-0ubuntu0.1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-2build1

[vadim (vadim1337)]

in wayland everything works fine, this is an xorg problem

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

See also Wayland bug 1983456

[vadim (vadim1337)]

i don't use auto-hide

[vadim (vadim1337)]

But in wayland everything works fine, wayland have some other overlay algorithm.

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

This looks to me more a widget issue, because the dock correctly sets the workArea, as you can see opening a gtk menu (nautilus right-click) in the bottom of the screen.

[vadim (vadim1337)]

Yes, I noticed that it also affects the menu bar. If this is indeed a problem with the widget in xorg, what should I do? I don't want to use wayland because it contains many bugs that degrade the Linux experience.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Try not to blame "wayland" for "many bugs that degrade the Linux experience". They're almost all specific to the Nvidia driver: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=nvidia-wayland

But if you are aware of any more then please let us know.

[vadim (vadim1337)]

I found more reports:

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-145727/Context-menu-item-cannot-be-clicked-when-overlaps-the-top-Gnome-bar

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-286370/Cant-click-menu-items-over-Ubuntu-task-bar.

This error has been around for 5 years.

[vadim (vadim1337)]

now I'm a wayland fan because the xorg bug is still present

[vadim (vadim1337)]

Ubuntu 24.04 still has a bug.