Pressing alt on maximized window does show menu but not window controls

[The Fiddler]

Steps to reproduce:
1. open a window and maximize it (e.g. nautilus)
2. move the mouse away from the panel to make the window controls / menu hide
3. press alt

On step 3, the window title will be replaced by the menu (as it should). However, the window controls remain invisible, which is unexpected. Move the mouse over the control area and they will suddenly re-appear to the side of the menu, which feels inconsistent.

Pressing the alt button should behave the same as moving the mouse over the title: both the controls and the menu should appear at the same time.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.10.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,move,gnomecompat,imgpng,mousepoll,resize,vpswitch,regex,grid,snap,obs,commands,animation,place,session,expo,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,workarounds,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell,scaleaddon]
Date: Sun Aug 28 23:51:10 2011
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-26 (2 days ago)

[Paul Sladen (sladen)]

Confirmed; this leads to inconsistent placing of the menus.

[Paul Sladen (sladen)]

This probably wants solving more generically per bug #838133.

John: I what's ideal here is that the use of Alt, or Pointer hover *anywhere* on the Top Bar (WM buttons, Menus, Space or Indicators) always causes the full Top Bar (WM buttons, Menus, Space or Indicators) to show.

I've been observing people who manage to hover over the indicators, but still don't see the WM Buttons or menus.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity-2d - 4.6.1-0ubuntu1

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unity-2d (4.6.1-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Fix a segfault due to new unity service backend change.

unity-2d (4.6.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
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    - Metacity needs command line options to activate capture before unmap and
      compositing without effects (LP: #791205)
    - Bold fonts everywhere in the UI (dash, launcher, workspace switcher) but
      in the panel (LP: #808849)
    - the migration script needs to be run in unity-2d as well (LP: #819733)
    - [dash] "View photos" in the dash launches default image viewer instead
      of shotwell (LP: #822605)
    - Launcher tooltips sometimes leave holes in panel and windows
      (LP: #837277)
    - [dash] Search with non ascii characters fails (LP: #840010)
    - add a configuration key (dconf) to enable the opengl backend
      (LP: #809202)
    - [launcher] when pressing super key shortcuts numbering start at 2
      instead of 1 (LP: #830036)
    - [UIFe] Unity 2D should be using the same BFB icon as Unity (LP: #838829)
    - [launcher] trash icon needs to be the same as in Unity 3D (LP: #840025)
    - Pressing alt on maximized window does show menu but not window controls
      (LP: #836274)
    - [dash] DropShadow on "See X more results" can cause visual errors on
      scroll (LP: #843820)
    - Dash - In the App lens filters, users should only be able filter by
      'star' rating in one star increments (LP: #839759)
    - Emptying the trash from the unity sidebar should respect nautilus' "Ask
      before emptying" setting (LP: #730003)
    - UIFe: Panel - Indicators should be orderable regardless of their parent
      IndicatorObject (LP: #823061)
  * debian/control:
    - rebuild against current nux and unity (API change)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:50:22 +0200

[Brandon Schaefer (brandontschaefer)]

The problem is fixed in my branch for unity.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.18.0-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity (4.18.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
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      (LP: #811401)
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      (LP: #817691)
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      (LP: #845732)
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      is set to true (LP: #847967)
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