Desktop right click menu appears in the wrong place if a Terminal window is open

I can reproduce a similar bug with upstream master gnome-shell but not as bad. That desktop menu appears in the right place but flashes over the terminal window as it is closing.

Sounds like it's probably a gnome-shell bug.

Hmm. At least in the Ubuntu-wayland session I cannot reproduce that.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1842910

I only discovered this earlier today (QA-test on daily, confirmed on two boxes & it's also on this my main 19.10 install) and sorry didn't see this bug before filing.

I've hadn't detected any program as being required to be open for the problem; my notes/observations are in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1844601 (but I'll give main points here)

I don't have a terminal (gnome-terminal or other term) open currently, yet the issue still occurs - thus I have issues with title (I think inaccurate). Yes I have had terminal open this session? so does having it open sometime in the past qualify?

I noted the issue occurs with chromium/hexchat/terminal/.. however if audacious is my active window the issue does NOT occur. The last 'active' window is what I felt controlled whether or not the issue occurs - but I'm guessing (based on extremely limited exploration on my used programs)

Yes I agree this is probably more to do with the active or focussed window than just Terminals.

Pointless observation... Where my cursor is in an active textbox for entry of this comment on launchpad (chromium); this issue occurs. If I close this window OR have have my gmail/askubuntu & other sites on the 'active' chromium window (with no text box), chromium behaves like audacious/rhythmbox (spel?) and the issue does NOT occur.

If I use firefox as main window, if the page does not have a text box the issue won't occur, if I go to youtube no issue, however if i make the search 'text' entry bit active - then move to background and right-click it does occur. Text entry needs to be active (I have no gnome-terminal/xterm/etc open)

I couldn't get it to occur on random apps (like liferea, vlc, ...) that have no text-entry type input.

Unfortunately the bug with ubuntu-dock and without it seem to be unrelated. Reverting commit 5481c1899f3d477bbf9f8319fe6ef933f77fc4e1 only fixes the upstream "without" case :(

Maybe I meant 'desktop-icons' and not 'ubuntu-dock' in the above.

Anyway, here is a stack trace of the popup menu positioning in the Ubuntu case. It starts in the right place on the desktop and then gets immediately repositioned to the Terminal window's cursor:

Desktop Icons-Message: 15:49:25.500: vv: setDummyCursorGeometry 1217.5523681640625,737.8848876953125 0x0
setDummyCursorGeometry@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:800:25
_openMenu@/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano/desktopGrid.js:366:9
_onPressButton@/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano/desktopGrid.js:501:13
DesktopGrid</<@/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano/desktopGrid.js:125:68

GNOME Shell-Message: 15:49:25.507: vv: setDummyCursorGeometry 325,149 9x18
setDummyCursorGeometry@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:800:25
_setDummyCursorGeometry@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/ibusCandidatePopup.js:275:9
setPanelService/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/ibusCandidatePopup.js:176:13

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell - 3.34.1-1ubuntu1

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gnome-shell (3.34.1-1ubuntu1) eoan; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian. Remaining changes:
    + Replace gnome-backgrounds dep with ubuntu-wallpapers and Suggests
      gnome-themes-standard-data, gnome-backgrounds
    + Add some Recommends:
      - ubuntu-session (| gnome-session) to have the ubuntu session available
      - xserver-xorg-legacy
      - yaru-theme-gnome-shell for the default ubuntu theming
    + Update debian/gbp.conf with Ubuntu settings
    + gnome-shell-common.install: Install Ubuntu mode
    + gnome-shell-common.prerm: Remove deprecated ubuntu theme alternative
    + ubuntu/desktop_detect.patch:
      - add caching for desktop detection to avoid querying the current
        desktop env variable as iterate through the list each time. For the
        time of the Shell process, we can expect this env variable to stay
        stable.
    + ubuntu/smarter_alt_tab.patch:
      - quick alt-tab (without showing up the switcher) switch only between
        the last window of the last 2 applications to be focused instead of
        raising all windows of those apps.
    + ubuntu/lightdm-user-switching.patch:
      - Allow user switching when using LightDM.
    + ubuntu/lock_on_suspend.patch
      - Respect Ubuntu's lock-on-suspend setting.
    + ubuntu/gdm.patch
      - as gdm is system-wide and not session-wide, ensure gdm has an ubuntu
        styling by default, not impacting the gnome user session though.
    + ubuntu/background_login.patch
      - Change default background color as we modified the default GDM color
        for our ubuntu session. Change it as well here, still applying the
        background noise loading.
    + ubuntu/gdm_alternatives.patch
      - Add support for GDM3 theme alternatives
    + optional-hot-corner.patch
      - enable patch proposed by upstream developer already in package (but
        not in series) to add a settings for optional hot corner activation.
    + volume-Add-back-sound-feedback-on-scroll.patch
      - Fix regression causing missing feedback on volume slider scroll
    + main-show-an-error-message-on-gnome-shell-crash.patch,
      global-make-possible-to-set-debug-flags-dynamically.patch,
      main-increase-the-granularity-of-backtraces-in-SHELL_DEBU.patch,
      main-add-backtrace-crashes-all-and-backtrace-all.patch,
      sessionMode-add-support-for-debugFlags-parameter.patch:
      - Improve debug JS tracing for crash reports
    + st-scroll-view-Handle-the-case-where-scrollbars-are-NULL.patch,
      st-scroll-view-Remove-scrollbars-references-on-dispose.patch:
      - Fix crash on theme changes
    + ubuntu/search-call-XUbuntuCancel-method-on-providers-when-no-dat.patch:
      - stop searches when requested from UI
    + magnifier-Show-cursor-when-magnifier-is-enabled-and-scale.patch:
      - Show monitor scaled cursor when magnifier is enabled
  * Refresh patches through gbp-pq

gnome-shell (3.34.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release
    + Allow editing app folder names
    + Do not notify systemd before initialization is complete
    + Don't leak NOTIFY_SOCKET environment vari...