Java/LibreOffice Fullscreen Exclusive Doesn't work in Unity

[Daniel Centore]

Binary package hint: libreoffice

When trying to go fullscreen in LO Writer (ctrl+shift+j) the window goes fullscreen beneath the left and top unity bars. Furthermore, a java program written using java exlusive fullscreen mode has a similar problem - it shows up with a maximized size but not actually maximized (the title bar doesn't combine with the unity panel). This was not a bug in Maverick.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 22 09:05:09 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

Well, the menu would become unaccessible otherwise.
@unity-devs: Any idea on how to cover this scenario well?

[Daniel Centore (dcentore)]

The menu should NOT be accessible. If I were watching a fullscreen movie, I would not want access to the Unity bar. The same goes for an office application in fullscreen as well as Java games using the fullscreen exclusive mode.

[Daniel Centore (dcentore)]

Workaround: Install compiz-plugins-extra and compizconfig-settings-manager. Open ccsm and go to "Extra WM Actions." Map Toggle Fullscreen to something you will remember and use it to bring a program into fullscreen with unity (I use SUPER+G)

[Satchit Bhogle (satchitb)]

I find clicking in the main window makes the panel disappear.

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

This seems to be fixed on trunk.

[Phil Tobin (p-tobin)]

This is not fixed in 11.10

I do question the severity of this as it pretty much renders many apps very badly and partly off the screen.