Launcher damage the left-monitor area also if it's hidden

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño)]

[ Impact ]

When using a hidden Launcher, the area where a non hidden Launcher would be is still damaged, wasting CPU/GPU cycles.

[ Test Case ]

1. Set Launcher in auto-hide mode.
2.

[ Regression Potential ]

None observed.

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Original Description:

When in auto-hide mode the launcher damages the area that it would fill when shown, also when hidden.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.2.0+14.04.20140403-0ubuntu1

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unity (7.2.0+14.04.20140403-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low

  [ Stephen M. Webb ]
  * remove libsyncindicator from services/panel-service.c

  [ Dimitri John Ledkov ]
  * Drop U1 default shortcuts & indicator-sync recommendation. (LP:
    #1300916) (LP: #1300916)

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * Launcher: hide the launcher window when in auto-hide mode if it's
    not presented (LP: #1301394)
  * ApplicationLauncherIcon: recompute pips when the screen geometry
    changes (LP: #1024101)
  * UnityScreen: reset decoration::DataPool on destruction, otherwise we
    won't have a valid screen ptr (LP: #1291243)
  * DecorationsGrabEdge: Only perform tookit actions on right-click (LP:
    #1301459)
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:10:36 +0000

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.3.2+15.04.20150330-0ubuntu1

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unity (7.3.2+15.04.20150330-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * Do not restore focus if a quicklist is opened during launcher key
    navigation. (LP: #932486)
  * Forward first key event that happens on top of the blank window to
    the lockscreen. (LP: #1308265)
  * Hide launcher to avoid damaging window when not needed. Also make
    sure that pressure effect works fine (previous fix has been reverted
    because of this!). (LP: #1301394)
  * Make sure scope_views_[filter.id] exists before using operator[] on
    it. (LP: #926979)
  * Make sure that signals are auto-desconnected when
    XdndStartStopNotifierImp is destroyed. (LP: #1432231)
  * Release pointer barrier if launcher is in lock_hide state. (LP:
    #1029114)

  [ Sebastien Bacher ]
  * use the new nautilus .desktop name (LP: #1436297)

  [ Stephen M. Webb ]
  * AP tests: accounted for arbitrarily-raised exceptions in checking
    scaled windows (LP: #1436095)
 -- CI Train Bot <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:48:47 +0000

[Christopher Townsend (townsend)]

We are not going to SRU this fix at this time due to a regression in urgent icon notification when the Launcher is hidden.