More detail from #8 test, I had closed the 'displays' setup, and of course could no longer select anything from applications when clicked (no icons in selection), but search bar does work; so I used the search function.
Results in a tiny scroll area which isn't high enough to fully display "Displays Choose how to use connected.." but is close.. I can scroll down/up in the tiny window. Also by entering a single letter (search function) I can have some icons appear for selection, selections work but icons are larger than window so it requires a fair amount of scrolling. My findings are exactly as per OP (except I have default Ubuntu 20.04 background), and a few apps (firefox, nautilus, ..) opened in my upper display from earlier QA- testing.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1869571 Title: Vertical dual monitor setup with main monitor on bottom causes overview to only use one eigth of screen Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Very recently I have started experiencing a constant bug of the app overview / search functions of gnome shell being entirely unusable because shell operates at such a tiny scale that barely anything is shown on screen. I managed to narrow the problem down to having something to do with dual monitors, and then played around a bit with the settings. My results are that no matter what other configuration I set my two monitors in, gnome-shell operates perfectly. That is, if my secondary monitor is on the left, right or below my primary one, all is well. If, however, the secondary monitor is set to be on top of the primary one (As it physically is in my current setup), then the overview and app search functionality starts using some very weird kind of vertical scaling and becomes unusable. The window previews are so small that the (most of the time invisible) X button is bigger than the window itself, thus only making me able to close the windows instead of switching to them or moving them. Application search only shows half of the first row, the other half fading away. I am running Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa (development branch) and version 3.36.0-2ubuntu1 of gnome-shell. Here are screenshots of my problem: The overview screen barely showing my open windows https://i.ibb.co/bJZFdR8/Kuvakaappaus-2020-03-29-14-14-22.png The search function only showing the top half of first row of icons https://i.ibb.co/g4qV3wP/Kuvakaappaus-2020-03-29-14-14-40.png When you mouse-over the windows many times over and over you might get the X button to show https://i.ibb.co/QjRKZr1/Kuvakaappaus-2020-03-29-14-18-07.png --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu21 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DisplayManager: gdm3 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-25 (33 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200220) Package: gnome-shell 3.36.0-2ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-18.22-generic 5.4.24 RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.0-2ubuntu1 Tags: third-party-packages focal Uname: Linux 5.4.0-18-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo tty uucp _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1869571/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
