Title bar/menu problem on 14.04

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> on Tue, 2 Feb 2016
08:23:11 -0600

> 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.

For me the worse application was spider solitaire.


> >>>> 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.

I have my system set the way.

Since the update to 15.10 The problem has disappeared.

-- 
Robert Blair


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