Comment 19 for bug 1313446

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Bob-El (boblanctot) wrote : Re: [Bug 1313446] Re: window disappears on toggle shade

I'm with you Paarvai. This is a terrible lack of support. I frequently find
bug complaints are passed over

Nooo laddie, not an iThing. It's a Samsung Galaxy.
On Mar 12, 2015 10:55 AM, "Paarvai Naai" <email address hidden> wrote:

> I am extremely surprised and disappointed at how this bug continues to
> persist for so long with no hope in sight for a fix. Window shading has
> been a fundamental function present in X11 window managers for 20+
> years. This feature has critically broken in Unity somewhere between
> 12.04 and 14.04 yet there has been no movement on fixing this bug.
>
> Unfortunately in my office environment our computers are standardized on
> Unity which makes this even more painful on a daily basis (I run KDE at
> home).
>
> Is there any way this issue can be prioritized before more and more
> releases of Ubuntu are made with this issue?
>
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> Title:
> window disappears on toggle shade
>
> Status in Unity:
> Confirmed
> Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I used Unity Tweak Tool to enable Toggle Shade using middle click.
> When I click to top of the window, it rolls up and disappears. A
> "ghost" outline of the window appears and the only way to get the
> window back is by using Alt-tab. Sometimes, when reselecting the
> window using Alt-tab, Ubuntu freezes (crashes) and an internal error
> is generated. It seems to be related to Compiz but I'm not sure. An
> error report was generated and sent.
>
> Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (64-bit)
> Release: 14.04
> unity-tweak-tool 0.0.6ubuntu1
>
> I expected the window would "roll up" and I'd be left with the
> window's top bar like with previous versions of Ubuntu.
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