This is a gnome-panel bug, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=636842. There are a number of similar bugs filed upstream for metacity as well, but this is definitely gnome-panel being weird. It does not set the _NET_WM_STRUT property correctly when panels are adjacent to other screens.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #636842 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=636842 ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Sam "SmSpillaz" Spilsbury (smspillaz) ** Also affects: compiz via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=636842 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525582 Title: Maximumize goes under panels in some multihead arrangements -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs