Title bar/menu problem on 14.04

[Jim Byrnes]

On 02/03/2016 12:28 AM, Bob wrote:
> ** 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.
>


So you also saw the mouse pointer turning into a hand and not dropping 
down the menus unless you tapped the button rapidly?

Unfortunately I like to stick with LTS releases so 15.10 is non an 
option for me.

Regards,  Jim