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Unity menu does not stay after one click but disappears

Bug #873562 reported by Zordid on 2011-10-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #869196: unity panel menus don't stay open when clicked on second monitor. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	unity (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

With Ubuntu 11.10 freshly installed I encountered a really bad example of "unusability":

Click the icons on the top right one like the calendar, the system icon (where shutdown, etc. is in) or the battery icon, whatever. A drop-down menu will appear as you'd expect - but once you let go with the mouse button the menu is gone again.
Now, while this already annoys me a lot as it was different in Ubuntu 11.04 it might just be a (bad!) change. You have to hold down the mouse button to stay in the menu.

BUT. Once you begin your "menu travelling" in an applications menu on the left side of the screen - like Nautilus "File" menu, the menu stays after releasing the button - AND you can now move the mouse cursor to the right part of the menu, to the calendar, the system icon, all the icons I talked about before and: the menu stays as I would expect in the first place!!

This is a major flaw in usability! Please, please, please fix this soon!!!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.22.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Ist ein Verzeichnis: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:53:56 PDT 2011
GCC version: gcc-Version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu Oct 13 20:10:56 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-13 18:38:48.465969
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 280.13, 2.6.38-12-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 4.1.4, 2.6.38-12-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 4.1.4, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
nVidia Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 555M] [10de:0dcd] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:04b7]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
JockeyStatus:
xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L702X
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=f89d4034-a3dd-495c-9ba4-babf3394c8a1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/01/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 03RG89
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: FAB1
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd06/01/2011:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL702X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn03RG89:rvrFAB1:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L702X
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu5
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu26
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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Zordid (zordid-gmx) wrote on 2011-10-13:

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Zordid (zordid-gmx) wrote on 2011-10-13:

I have to add something very important that I just found out!

I have a dual monitor set-up and BOTH displays show the menu bar. But my described behavior is only there on my main screen where the Unity launcher is! On my secondary monitor I can click the menu once and it stays there!!!

Must be an issue with dual monitors!

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Sideburn (sveggo) wrote on 2011-10-25:

I have the same problem, so does these users in Ubuntu Forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1864366

Additional info:
I have an ATI Graphic card and dual monitors (TV via HDMI). The menus always stays on my second monitor, and if I hold one menu open and move the mouse to the first monitor, the menus on th first monitor stays.

On my first monitor, the menus disappears if I let go of the mouse button.
BUT, if i release the mouse button over a grey, in-active menu choice, the menu stays, and I can move the mouse to another indicator menu. For instance, I have a wired Network, so the Wired Network menu alternative is grayed out. If I release the mouse button there, the menu stays, and I can move the mouse to the Sound Indicator. Also, if I go to a sub-menu (for instance more networks), the menu stays.

And I recently installed 11.04 on a laptop with a single monitor, and didn't have any indicator problems.

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2011-10-25

tags:

added: multimonitor
removed: regression-update

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2011-10-25:

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 869196, so is being marked as such. Any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-01-07:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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