App launch animation is glitchy when opening Chrome browser

Bug #2003052 reported by Emad Hosny
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

When opening Firefox browser, the dock hides with good animation, but when opening Chrome browser, the dock animation has bugs before it hides. This behavior is observed on Ubuntu Lunar Lobster (development branch) version 23.04, Wayland, Linux 5.19.0-21-generic using the built-in dock. The problem does not happen with other applications.
Steps to reproduce:

Open Firefox browser
Observe the dock hides with good animation
Open Chrome browser
Observe the dock animation bugs before it hides

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: gnome-shell 43.1-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-21.21-generic 5.19.7
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.24.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jan 17 10:08:36 2023
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-01-16 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Alpha amd64 (20221209)
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 43.2-4ubuntu1
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Emad Hosny (emadhosny) wrote :
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Emad Hosny (emadhosny) wrote :

"I wanted to note that when I recorded the desktop and despite the existence of the problem, but after the end of the recording, the problem did not appear in the recorded video, although the problem still exists.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Emad Hosny (emadhosny)
assignee: Emad Hosny (emadhosny) → nobody
summary: - "Dock animation bugs when opening Chrome browser on Ubuntu Lunar Lobster
- (development branch)"
+ Dock launch animation is glitchy when opening Chrome browser
affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) → gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: Dock launch animation is glitchy when opening Chrome browser

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

Changed in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
summary: - Dock launch animation is glitchy when opening Chrome browser
+ App launch animation is glitchy when opening Chrome browser
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Emad Hosny (emadhosny) wrote (last edit ):

The problem has been resolved by disabling the "Use hardware acceleration when available" option in Google Chrome.
but this causes a problem with the font display in web browsing.

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