This bug is also affecting horizontally placed screens with horizontal
panels on the left or right side of windows. I have 12.04 LTS with gnome
classic in which this bug occurs with or without Compiz.
For me the Place Windows plugin with centered option did not resolve
the issue of maximized
I had the same problem and I was really annoyed by it. After reading
this fix I have found even better and simpler solution:
Open up the Compiz settings manager and enable Place Windows plugin
(part of the compiz-plugins-default package), click on it to go to its
preferences and then in Placement
This is still present in 12.10. I'm currently running the gnome classic
desktop with compiz and 3 monitors, two of which are stacked
vertically. THe lower of the two contains the gnome panel UI and
maximized windows there are overlapped by the panel. this occurs
whether I'm using the default
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I can confirm this as well. Notably, I'm using Compiz, not Metacity. If
the Gnome Panel is present on the lower of the two screens, it does not
reserve a space for itself, and maximized windows fill the space behind
it, meaning that the title bar is occluded by the panel.
Ubuntu 10.10 (i386)
Similar occurs with the primary monitor set to the lower screen, with
ATI graphics card (open drivers).
Two monitors connected by VGA, one 1440x900 (top) the other 1600x900
(bottom, primary). Gnome panel only on lower monitor.
When maximising a window on the lower monitor, the bottom of the
