Public bug reported: Binary package hint: unity
This is more like design problem. These problems are due to the fact, that the virtual desktops are topologically equivalent to Torus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torus ). There are two issues, one minor (but still annoying), and one major, that is really an design flaw. MINOR ISSUE: At first, it is very annoying, that one I move window in a way, that I see only half of it, on the other desktop is this window still visible. Usually I do it by accident (for example I move terminal window to the side, so I can read something from the browser and use that terminal. Then I move to the next desktop to check emails, and there is a part of that terminal, that I do not want to see). MAJOR ISSUE: You can resize window, that is on other virtual desktop and let it overlap with your current desktop. STEPS TO REPRODUCE: run empathy. grab title bar of the contact window and move it to the left (so it will be automatically on the left half of the screen). Move to the virtual desktop, that is topologically to the left. Move your cursor to the right border of the screen. Press left mouse button and move (while holding left mouse button) cursor to the left. Release the mouse button. You just have a piece of contact list on your actual desktop. What is even worse, that if you try to put this window back (while still pressing that left mouse button), the contact list will be automatically aligned to the right half of the screen. PROPOSED FIX: each of the virtual desktop should be independent. Window should be visible on only one virtual desktop at time. We have expo plugin to move windows between desktops. Definitelly, virtual desktops should not behave as an view of the one large desktop. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,vpswitch,move,resize,compiztoolbox,grid,regex,place,snap,gnomecompat,mousepoll,animation,imgpng,session,wall,workarounds,expo,ezoom,unitymtgrabhandles,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell] Date: Sun May 1 12:24:00 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928.2) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-04 (58 days ago) ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774994 Title: Desktops are overlapping -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
