Ctrl-Alt-L works here when menus are open. The idle timeout also blanks and locks the screen when menus are open and pressing a key unblanks the screen to reveal the lockscreen which cannot be bypassed by further keypresses or mouseclicks.
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. unity 7.2.5+14.04.20150603-0ubuntu1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49579 Title: screen doesn't lock when some menu is open To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-screensaver/+bug/49579/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs