Public bug reported:
This problem appears only when "desktop effects" is enabled - with out
it the menu access is OK:
The problem is that for good usability you want the main menu to be very
accessible. In Ubuntu's GNOME this requirement is met by positioning the
menu on the top left corner of the screen making the target size to hit
it infinite in size (see Fits Law). The problem is that with "desktop
effects" enabled if the cursor is thrown to the top left corner then it
can't activate the menu - although it looks like it should, clicking the
first 2 top most pixels of the screen does not trigger the menu (or any
other launcher for that matter - it might not actually hit the panel).
The result is very poor usability - a-la MS-Windows 95 through 2000
where the start button was a few pixels off from the bottom left corner
- making it difficult to hit as you have to either carefully approach
the menu in order to click it or throw the mouse to the top of the
screen and then bring it back just a bit.
** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Gnome main menu can't be activated when clicking at the top of the screen
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174999
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