Title bar/menu problem on 14.04

[Colin Law]

On 1 February 2016 at 03:52, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago I thought I was having and solved a problem with the
> speed of mouse clicks on menus, but I was wrong.  I still see the problem
> but I think it has more to do with the titlebar/menus than the mouse. I
> tried two different mice with the same result.
>
> The problem only occurs in Firefox,Thunderbird and LibreOffice.
>
> If I put the mouse pointer on any menu item in the titlebar and push the
> left mouse button the pointer turns into a hand and the menu does not drop
> down. In fact if I move the mouse I can drag the window even though the
> pointer is over the menus. To get the menu to drop down I must tap and
> release the mouse button very rapidly.
>
> In System Settings --> Unsettings I have "Global menu" set to off and
> "Global Menu In" set to Window Title Bar. It seems odd but even with the
> Global Menu set to off if I set the Global Menu In to top panel, the global
> menus appear in the top panel.
>
> In Compiz --> Utilities --> Workarounds I have Firefox and OpenOffice Menu
> Fixes checked. I have also tried unchecking them but the problem remains.
> The fact that the programs I am having problems with, have workarounds is
> highly suspicious, but I don't know what else to try.
>
> I have tried a lot of Googling but either I am using the wrong terms or no
> one else is having this problem.

Do you see the problem if you login as guest?

Colin