Ok I think I understand the problem. It seems to be to do with Window decoration. In Emerald you have the ability to adjust the height of the titlebar. I noticed that the taller you made titlebar, the higher the Whisker Menu and the datetime calender were elevated. Likewise, making the titlebar less tall reduced the elevation. Disabling the window decoration plugin completely eliminated the elevation.
My conclusion is that Compiz needs to be told that windows of type panel cannot be decorated under any circumstances. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1419346 Title: mintMenu and MATE Menu are elevated/offset by compiz Status in Compiz: New Status in Linux Mint: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-mate: Confirmed Status in compiz package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I try to open the mint menu, it's elevated from the bottom mate panel somewhat. It should be seamless against the panel without any space. If you type text in the search box, it will reset to its proper position. If you click the menu after doing this, it will also appear to be normal. If you click it any more, it will go back to having a gap. I've attached an image showing this. This from what I've tested only seems to affect this plugin, and not the regular mate menu. Current setup: * OS: Arch linux * Desktop Environment: Mate * Window Manager: Compiz 0.9.12.1 * Window Decorator: Emerald 0.9 * Graphics card: GTX 760 * Driver: NVidia proprietary To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1419346/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
