When a maximized window has window on top of it in 'restored state' (not maximised) , it is not possible to un-maximized the window by dragging the title bar downwards

Bug #723882 reported by John Lea
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Ayatana Design
Fix Released
Critical
John Lea
Unity
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
unity-2d
Invalid
Medium
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unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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unity-2d (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Bug Description

To reproduce:
Open a application (say Thunderbird) and maximise the window. Open a window that is not maximised on top of it (if using Thunderbird you can press the 'write' new email button). Now when you try to unmaximise the maximised window by dragging down on the empty area in the menu bar nothing happens.

Desired resolution:

Dragging downwards from the empty area of the menu bar of a maximized application should always un-maximise the window, irrespective of it's place in the window z order stack.

Three interactions:
1) single click to bring the maximised window to the top of the Z stack
2) dragging downwards should un-maximize the window
3) double click to unmaximize the window

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John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → John Lea (johnlea)
tags: added: udt
John Lea (johnlea)
description: updated
Changed in unity-2d:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
David Barth (dbarth) wrote :

Usability issue

tags: added: usability
Changed in unity:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
milestone: none → 3.8
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
John Lea (johnlea)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Dylan McCall (dylanmccall) wrote :

If I understand this correctly, the branch I linked to bug #716177 satisfies this one completely. (I only implemented the dragging portion in the earlier bug report, leaving the buttons for later). So, I'm linking that branch as it is. Please let me know if anything needs changing and I will get to it as I can.

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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

argh, wrong tab, sorry for the noise :)

let's continue the discussion on the merge request :)

Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
status: Fix Committed → Triaged
Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
milestone: 3.8 → 3.6.8
tags: added: delta-with-3d
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.6.8-0ubuntu1

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unity (3.6.8-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - crash at the second drag and drop from an unity place (LP: #736704)
    - Compiz crashes with SIGSEGV in nux::GraphicsDisplay::GrabPointer when
      opening the Dash (LP: #737287)
    - Visual Tearing/Rendering Issues with Unity Launcher (LP: #737476)
    - unity-window-decorator crash on unity panel dragout (LP: #740480)
    - unity-panel-service crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_a()
      (LP: #694699)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in nux::BaseTexture::GetDeviceTexture()
      (LP: #692823)
    - the "no result" and "search the web" items need icons (LP: #711199)
    - Resizing with external padding/grab area prevents reaching edge of
      screen (LP: #710356)
    - drag and drop of launcher icons uses microscopic drag icon (LP: #727647)
    - text in places look squeezed (LP: #727799)
    - at-spi-registry consumes most of the CPU and make the system unusable on
      Natty (LP: #729827)
    - migrate_favorites.py crashed with GError in __main__: Bad key or
      directory name: "/desktop/unity/launcher/favorites/app-
      dc++.desktop/type": `+' is an invalid character in key/directory names
      (LP: #737016)
    - Launcher hide state is confusing (LP: #739850)
    - Polish new launcher hide state (part 2) (LP: #740020)
    - launcher icons should expan on super or when entering keynav
      (LP: #741319)
    - Launcher - Dragging a Launcher icon to the Trash should remove the icon
      (LP: #676466)
    - Launcher - Enable dragging and dropping of files & folders to Launcher
      icons (LP: #676549)
    - Dash - Add Dash group header mouseover effect (LP: #689640)
    - unity aborts when you plug in an external monitor (LP: #700757)
    - Keyboard-navigation: focus on launcher remembered (LP: #713340)
    - Launcher Quicklists should always contain the application title
      (LP: #723877)
    - When a maximized window has window on top of it in 'restored state' (not
      maximised) , it is not possible to un-maximized the window by dragging
      the title bar downwards (LP: #723882)
    - When windows open for the first time they should not hide the launcher
      (LP: #723878)
    - UI blocked when expanding a section with more than 2000 items
      (LP: #736059)
    - Change ALT-Tab to bring the target window to the front (LP: #736938)
    - compiz crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall() (LP: #737814)
    - Launcher does not respond to changes in icon theme (LP: #605475)
    - Implement new style scrollbars in Dash (LP: #608124)
    - Closing launcher menu raises window under mouse (LP: #728787)
    - adding url launcher support from the search (LP: #739038)
    - Launcher - Set Launcher 'Hide Animation' to 'Slide only' by default.
      Also introduce subtle fade in effect. (LP: #739567)
    - "Time & Date" settings appears in launcher with empty tooltip
      (LP: #740907)
    - ZeitgeistLog missing implementation of get_property for "connected"
      (LP: #734080)
    - often can't alt-click-dnd to move the focussed dialog (LP: #711911)
    - The Unity P...

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Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
David Barth (dbarth)
tags: added: ffe
tags: removed: ffe
John Lea (johnlea)
tags: added: reviewedbydesign
removed: udt
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
John Lea (johnlea)
description: updated
Changed in unity-2d:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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