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Bryce Carson (bryce-a-carson) wrote : Re: [Bug 1767648] Re: Top bar and shell dialogs are not displayed properly when zoom is enabled

Might that be the same issue affecting the context menu (right click) when
using zoom? How does the drawing work for those menus?

On Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 8:35 PM Daniel van Vugt, <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> And it only occurred to me today that zoom performance should (and does
> seem to) increase too. Because the combination of the two fixes:
>
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/commit/8655bc5d
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/f77b3da7
>
> means that panels/docks don't need to get regenerated every time you
> move the mouse while in zoom.
>
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> Title:
> Top bar and shell dialogs are not displayed properly when zoom is
> enabled
>
> Status in Mutter:
> Fix Released
> Status in mutter package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in mutter source package in Bionic:
> Fix Committed
> Status in mutter source package in Cosmic:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> [Impact]
>
> When zoom is enabled, the top bar and some shell dialogs (wireless
> network selection, shutdown dialog, etc.) are not displayed properly.
> (See the attached screenshots.)
>
> [Test Case]
>
> 1. Enable Zoom in Setting > Universal Access
> 2. (Optional) Set zoom factor to around 3 (or higher)
> 3. Look at the top bar. You will notice that all texts and icons are now
> gone. If you move your cursor to the right of the top bar, and then click
> on the status menu, you will see that only a portion of the menu is shown.
> 4. For the shell dialogs, go to the Settings app. In the Wifi section,
> choose one of the secured network available. You will see that the password
> dialog is not displayed in its entirety.
>
> [Regression Potential]
>
> Low. The affected code is only used in rendering shell panels and
> popup menus at the moment. So any potential regression (like the
> original bug) would be noticed in those places only, and not beyond.
> Furthermore, the upstream fix has been tested regularly for 8 months
> already.
>
> [Other Info]
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: gnome-shell 3.28.1-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperVersion: 1.394
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Sat Apr 28 12:54:24 2018
> DisplayManager: gdm3
> GsettingsChanges:
> b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module'
> b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
> b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'cursor-size' b'96'
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
> (20180426)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm-256color
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=C.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gnome-shell
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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