Windows maximize to the wrong display

Bug #988976 reported by James Ferguson
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Bug Description

When I double click the title bar of a window in my laptop's display, it gets maximized onto my external monitor.

More detail:
I have a 1600x1200 monitor arranged _above_ my 1280x800 laptop screen.
I drag a ~1000x1100 window down to my laptop screen. It extends below the laptop display but no part of the window is present in the external monitor.
I double click the title bar (which is fully present in the laptop monitor).
The window is maximized to the external monitor.

Expected: window maximizes to the display it is currently in.

Workaround: resize the window until it is fully inside the laptop screen, then it maximizes to the correct screen. This is not a very convenient option, since resizing a window which is outside the screen is a chore.

Note Unity-2D behaves reasonably in this case, maximizing to the screen which the window is present in.

It may be suitable to have it maximized to the display where the click happened. Whatever, there's no logical reason to maximize it to a display which doens't contain the window at all.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.10.0-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Thu Apr 26 12:01:00 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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James Ferguson (jamesf) wrote :
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 947025, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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