Upon first login, launcher gets in the way of maximized windows

Eylem: Yes, I've see this, but hadn't narrowed it down to a reproducable process as neatly as you have!

Glad if I can help improving Unity! I wish I had programming skills to get my hands on it...

I see something similar:

My launcher is set to never hide, and when I maximize windows, it does the right thing by acting like a 'panel'. I.e. the maximized window does not overlap the launcher.

When I change to a different workspace and then change back, the launcher now overlaps the maximized window, which has grown to the left under the launcher.

To reproduce this I do:
1. Log in to a new session
2. Start app1 (KeepassX for me) on Workspace 1, Maximize
3. Change to WS2
4. Start app2(chrome-stable), Maximize
5. Change back to WS1, Unmaximize app1
6. Change to WS2, Unmaximize app2
7. Change back to WS1, Maximize app1
8. Change to WS2, Maximize app2
The launcher will now overlap app2 as in my screenshot above

Thanks for all the hard work on Unity, it looks great!

Conrad, thanks! I think it's the same bug as it happens only after a fresh login and once the Launcher remembers its state it will behave.

@Conrad, I already reported that as bug #736826, which has been fixed in the latest update (though I now get random crashes, but that's another story)

I have the same problem, attaching xwininfo output as requested on IRC.

I thought this one had been fixed. I'm no longer seeing this as of 3.6.8 (running 3.6.8-0ubuntu3 from the natty repositories right now). Please let me know if you need more information on my setup.

It is fixed for me too as of 3.6.8. What version are you running James?

The hide machine work going in this week fixes this (stealing didrocks kudos)

Stealing Jason's kudos back then ;)

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.8.4-0ubuntu1

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unity (3.8.4-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

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