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Totem/VLC etc. goes to background when full-screen and out of focus

Bug #774487 reported by Sridatta Thatipamala
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Unity
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unity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: totem

When totem is full-screen but out of focus (such as in a dual-screen set up), it is sent to the sent to a lower z-level. This causes the upper Ubuntu toolbar and the Unity bar to appear on top the of full-screen video.

The ideal behavior is for totem to remain always on top when in full-screen so no desktop environment chrome can obstruct it.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Place totem full-screen on one monitor
2. Click any other window on a second monitor
3. Ubuntu titlebar and Unity bar appear on top of the video

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: totem 2.32.0-0ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 30 15:08:09 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Sridatta Thatipamala (sthatipamala) wrote :
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hackel (hackel) wrote :

I believe this is a bug in Unity, not Totem, and likely a dupe of bug #688825. Unity should detect when an application is full-screen and not appear above it.

Launchpad Janitor (janitor)
Changed in totem (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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hackel (hackel) wrote :

(I noticed this particular issue with mplayer, not Toem, but I believe it happens with any full-screen application. Another user reported it happening with the rdesktop client.)

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
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Deejay_TNT (idaho) wrote :

Affects me too. Really annoying with fullscreen apps (like watchng a movie on a plasma TV in fullscreen shows Unity panel and burns ubuntu-indicators onto plasma display.

Omer Akram (om26er)
no longer affects: totem (Ubuntu)
Max Bowsher (maxb)
summary: - Totem goes to background when full-screen and out of focus
+ Totem/VLC etc. goes to background when full-screen and out of focus
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Max Bowsher (maxb) wrote :

I see this with VLC too, so it's probably with any fullscreen app.

However, at least on 15.04, ticking the 'Always on top' option via the right-click titlebar menu of the video window is an effective workaround.

This seems to suggest it ought to be easy to fix? It's clear Unity can draw things correctly with the 'always on top' setting, so it seems like it just needs to understand that full-screen is very similar to 'always on top'.

Rodrigo Lledó (rodhos-hp)
tags: added: multimonitor
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