Title bar/menu problem on 14.04

[Jim Byrnes]

On 02/02/2016 02:44 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 2 February 2016 at 02:52, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>> On 02/01/2016 02:42 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>> Yes I do.  I logged out and logged in as a guest. Opened unsettings and
>> turned off the global menu and set Global menu in to window title bar and
>> when I clicked on the Firefox menu the pointer turned in to a hand and the
>> menu did not drop down.
>>
>> One other thing I find odd. If I turn global menus off and then set Global
>> menu in to top panel the global menu appears in the top panel even though I
>> have global menus turned off.  Is this normal?
>
> Does all behave ok if you do not invoke unsettngs?
>
> Colin
>

If I use unsettings to put the menus in the applications window titlebar 
the problem shows up. If I leave the global menus in the top panel there 
is no problem.

I don't like my menus in the top panel, that's why I try to put them in 
the windows titlebar where they belong.

Regrds,  Jim