Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: compiz-gnome
While I know some may believe that this is not a bug, but rather a
configuration correction to a desktop effect, I do not. It is a change
to an expected behavior that was working correctly, and now does not
display correctly. Window shadows were working correctly up until 2
weeks ago, and then suddenly computer after computer started showing
this problem. Shadows are not showing on all sides of a window. They are
only showing on the right and bottom of a window. This behavior includes
the shadows at the top menu bar as well as the bottom menu bar of the
desktop. The problem is that the result of the unknown change is that
part of the desktop looks like it has depth( a shadow) and part does
not. So the top of my desktop has the shadow, but the bottom does not,
and it looks like the upper half of my desktop has desktop effects
turned on, and the bottom half of my desktop does not have desktop
effects turned on. It has made 3D desktops look ridicules and I am
forced to turn shadows off to have a consistent look for the desktop.
another example is that when any window is opened in the middle of the
screen, it has shadows only on 2 sides of the window. So 2 sides of the
window look like they have depth, and the other 2 sides DO NOT have
depth - it looks like shadows are both turned ON, and OFF for the same
window. Technically a single source light source may be correct to give
shadow effects, but in practice the initial Gutsy effect was much more
functional. I consider this a bug because I can not find any way to
restore the original functionality for shadows on ALL 4 sides of windows
including a completely new install of Gutsy. And one last thought, I
don't want a developer to say I can only have shadows on 2 sides of
windows for my choice of window decorations, at least add add an option
in the window decoration plugin that restores this behavior for those of
us that want full decoration effects on the entire desktop, not just on
2 sides of windows.
** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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window decorator shadows
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174180
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