Ubuntu
xfce4-panel package

panel remains opaque after certain menus are closed

Bug #255138 reported by Erik Xian
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Xfce4 Panel
Confirmed
Unknown
xfce4-panel (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Declined for Jaunty by Lionel Le Folgoc
xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
Declined for Jaunty by Lionel Le Folgoc

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xfce4-panel

Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

Package version: 4.4.2-3ubuntu3

When the panel is set to become transparent when inactive, clicking on certain icons or buttons on the xfce4-panel that bring up a popup-menu (such as gnome-power-manager, nm-applet) and subsequently picking a selection from the menu or clicking somewhere off the panel (such as on the desktop or in another window) will cause the panel to remain opaque until the cursor goes over it again.

For instance, if I click on the nm-applet on xfce4-panel, a menu will appear and the panel will become opaque. If I close the menu by clicking on the desktop, the panel will remain opaque. If I select any option from the menu that appears, the panel will remain opaque as well. The panel regains transparency only after I move the cursor back over the panel and then off.

The expected behavior is that once the menu is closed or the focus is no longer on the panel, the panel should become transparent again.

Only certain menus seem to be affected by this bug. They include:
gnome-power-manager (both left and right click menus)
nm-applet (both left and right click)
clipman (left click only)

As far as I can tell, the main menu and the places menus are not affected by this.

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Pablo Castellano (pablocastellano) wrote :

Maybe related: bug 232354

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Erik Xian (erikxian) wrote :

It might be, but in my case, the panel actually becomes opaque/transparent as it should and I can make the panel transparent again, but it requires doing something that you shouldn't have to do.

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Pablo Castellano (pablocastellano) wrote :

What did you do to get it working?
Leave the workaround here so that others users can do the same.
Thanks!

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Erik Xian (erikxian) wrote :

I explained it in the bug report. You only have to move the cursor onto the panel after it happens.

As for that other bug you cited as a possible related bug, I actually brought that one up to Cody personally since I've had something like it before; it's not the same as this bug. I was going to report that one until I saw that someone already posted and I decided to post this one because it still is a bug.

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Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation.
I can confirm the behavior as reported. It is not necessary to actually make a selection, but only to left or right click as stated.
Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

Changed in xfce4-panel:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)
Changed in xfce4-panel:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in xfce4-panel:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Alain Baeckeroot (alain-baeckeroot) wrote :

confirmed on jaunty xubuntu

Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)
Changed in xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xfdesktop4 - 4.6.1-1ubuntu2

---------------
xfdesktop4 (4.6.1-1ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/control: update Vcs-* fields for lucid.
  * debian/patches:
    - 00*: cherry-pick bugfixes from upstream xfce-4.6 git branch (from
      44daefdd465d65348bdebf67f8b5c58655091f10 to
      d5ee494b57a4117c3012e8dd6735ed11c74ce6f5).
    - series: enable them.
  * Bugs fixed:
    - "panel remains opaque after certain menus are closed". lp: #255138
    - "xfdesktop doesn't support non-English hotkeys". lp: #364247
 -- Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:34:49 +0100

Changed in xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version.

Changed in xfce4-panel (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I cannot confirm this bug in a current Xubuntu installation.

Closing the report.

Changed in xfce4-panel (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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