I've got a theory what's going on here, but I'm still looking at it.
I think it only happens if I hover the cursor fairly low on the icon; in
gtk/gtktooltip.c gtk_tooltip_position is the code:
/* For mouse mode, we position the tooltip right of the cursor,
* a little below the
OK, I've filed a Gnome bug on this; gdk_screen_get_monitor_at_point is
much too stupid to handle this case.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #576306
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576306
** Also affects: gtk via
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576306
OK, attached - just below the rhythmbox window you can see the Rhythmbox status
tooltip hovering over the panel at the bottom of my top monitor.
Scroll right down to the bottom of the image and you can see my bottom panel on
my bottom monitor with the notification icon and you just see my mouse
thank you for your bug report, could you take a screenshot showing the
issue?
** Changed in: gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
Status: New = Incomplete
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[Jaunty] Rhythmbox status displays above wrong panel
OK, I can see this is not just rhythmbox - I also get this hovering over
the ubuntu menu icon on the panel on the bottom screen - the tooltip is
appearing over the wrong panel. libgtk?
** Changed in: gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: rhythmbox = gtk+2.0
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[Jaunty] Rhythmbox status displays