I have seen that, and I don't believe it's by design. I would report it. -- Ian Santopietro
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended" Pa gur yv y porthaur? Public GPG key (RSA): http://keyserver. ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup? op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234 Sent from my Android phone. Please excuse any errors or brevity. On Nov 12, 2011 8:05 PM, "James Jenner" <james.g.jen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've searched launchpad.net and I cannot find this reported yet. But as > I'm not familiar with launchpad I wanted to mention it here first and see > if I'm just inept at how to search on launchpad.net. > > The problem is that sometimes when selection of a window from a different > workspace occurs, the window is moved down by x number of pixels such that > it is in two workspaces. I suspect this is only related to people who > arrange their workspaces with more than 1 row (I use 2x2 and have > considered going 3x3, I find it easier and quicker to navigate than having > it all in one long row). > > I've tried to recreate the problem but I find it very difficult to > recreate. However it does happen a lot (I use 11.10 approx. 2 to 3 hours > per day and it will happen at least once per day). > > The side affect of this is that if you select an open window via the > launcher that protrudes into another workspace then it will not change the > workspace, it does however select the window. > > It is possible that I'm accidentally moving windows such that the bottom > edge is protruding into another workspace (which would make sense as in > trying to recreate it, I wasn't able to). I will start monitoring carefully > what is occurring that causes this problem. It's quite possible that the > problem is mine but I suspect it's either a combination of window resize > via shortcuts, moving windows between workspaces or minimizing/maximizing. > Trick is trying to figure out what combination is causing this problem. > > I can recreate aspects of the problem if I drag a window such that the > bottom edge only protrudes into the bottom one by say 10 or 20 pixels (easy > to do with Firefox if your reorganising windows, you tend not to notice the > status bar protruding below your workspace). If you go to the workspace > below, you cannot see the window protruding as the bar with the global menu > and indicator apps masks the window. However if you select a window in the > workspace below, and then use the launcher to select the window in the > workspace above (or via alt tab) then it appears as though nothing occurs. > The window is selected, but you cannot visually see it because it is masked > by the bar at the top of the screen. > > Has anyone else experienced this behaviour? > > I would suggest that when selecting a window that extends into the current > workspace, if the global menu/indicator bar masks it then the workspace > should be changed to the one above the current workspace. Either that or > make the top bar transparent like the launcher so a user can see the window > extending into the workspace. > > Cheers, > > James > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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