Comment 42 for bug 58977

I wonder if this can be solved in the restricted case of n-monitors in line without changing anything except the STRUT_PARTIAL hint set by the panel.

In my case I have two monitors stacked vertically (as far as X thinks); with a panel at the top of the top monitor, another at the bottom of the bottom monitor
and the troublesome one which is at the bottom of the top monitor.

If that 3rd one was said to be a strut on the left, and said it was as wide
as the monitor but it's start and end 'y' corresponded to it's top and bottom would that work?

As it is the STRUT_PARTIAL value on the middle panel looks meaningless:

_NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL(CARDINAL) = 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1919
_NET_WM_STRUT(CARDINAL) = 0, 0, 0, 0

(Top monitor is 1920x1080).

It wouldn't cure everyone, but it should sort most users out.

Would metacity cope with that?