Public bug reported:
## Relevant information
* GNOME Settings version: 46.0.1
* Operating system (distribution): Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
* Screenshots
- Screencast of the visual cue disappearing after the Settings window is
dragged, see Screencast_from_2024-06-23_21-06-32.webm
- I also have a screenshot of the faulty snapping visual cue, but the bug
report is limited to one attachment
## Steps to reproduce:
1. Open GNOME Settings
2. I personally keep it open on the Wi-Fi settings pane, not sure if this is
relevant to this bug though
3. Leave Settings open in the background, i.e. do not interact with the window
anymore
4. Open some other apps
- In case this is relevant, these are some of the apps I use when this
issue happens: GNOME Files, GNOME Terminal, Firefox, LibreOffice, Sublime Text
5. Navigate between the apps (e.g. using Ctrl-Tab)
6. At this point, I can't tell for sure, but it seems that the issue usually
happens right after coming back from full-screen display
- e.g. watch a Youtube video in full-screen on Firefox, open a document in
full-screen (Ctrl-Shift-J) in LibreOffice
- Unfortunately, I don't remember if that was the case every time this
issue happened (it's very rare and random), it could be that it also happened
after navigating from an app that was only maximized –sorry for the lack of
precision here
7. Very rarely (i.e. after navigating between apps for several
hours/days/weeks), an visual cue (i.e. a transparent orange rectangle) is
displayed over all the open windows indicating that a window is currently being
snapped on one of the corners
- This is the same visual cue that can be seen when dragging a window
towards a corner with the mouse, before releasing the mouse click
- To be clear, no snapping action has been initiated by dragging a window
towards a corner
- The visual cue never disappears from the screen, even when navigating
between windows (e.g. with Alt-Tab)
- Even though the visual cue is visible, it's not clear which window is
attempting to snap
- In particular, it's clearly not the window that has focus which is being
snapped since dragging it with the mouse doesn't affect the visual cue
- The window that has focus still responds to input, e.g. from keyboard
8. Navigate to the Settings window (e.g. with Alt-Tab)
9. Start to drag the Settings window with the mouse
10. The visual cue disappears as soon as the dragging action starts
- To be clear, this only happens when dragging the Settings window, i.e.
dragging any other window doesn't make the visual cue disappear, which makes me
think that this bug is specific to Settings
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:46.0.1-1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Jun 24 14:19:43 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-11-20 (1678 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-05-15 (40 days ago)
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble wayland-session
** Attachment added: "Screencast of the visual cue disappearing after the
Settings window is dragged"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2070271/+attachment/5791982/+files/Screencast%20from%202024-06-23%2021-06-32.webm
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Settings window randomly intends to snap to corners while in the
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