Marking the dialog window as transient[1] and or modal[2], as GTK directs, causes this annoyance.
Unfortunately all the dialogs in the program are sub-classed from this transient-and-modal window class, so thought must be given for whether we want to remove those properties entirely or just allow the main window to continue to exist after the dialog is closed. [1] https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/method.Window.set_transient_for.html [2] https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/method.Window.set_modal.html ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2070150 Title: Cannot move a window of a pop-up with error message To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/2070150/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs