Ayatana Design

Virtual desktop weirdness: Screen space wraps around (window moved across edge of one virtual desktop appears on another on opposite edge)

Bug #480228 reported by Jakob Unterwurzacher on 2009-11-10

This bug affects 7 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Ayatana Design	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned
	compiz (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

I use 2x2 virtual desktops.
When i move a window across the right edge and the bottom edge of the bottom right virtual desktop, the hidden window parts appear on the other three desktops - the top and bottom, left and right edges of whole screen space are interconnected as if the would form a torus. ( see desktop-torus.pdf for screenshots )

This is annoying and weird. With desktop effects off the problem goes away.

Ubuntu Jaunty, compiz 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu8.1.

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Jakob Unterwurzacher (jakobunt) wrote on 2009-11-10:

desktop-torus.pdf Edit (253.5 KiB, application/pdf)

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote on 2009-11-11:

Confirmed with karmic, seems to only happen if you use 2x2 viewports. Very odd.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Triaged

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Jakob Unterwurzacher (jakobunt) wrote on 2009-11-11:

Just checked: With 2x1 and 1x2 it's a little different but still there: With 2x1 there is horizontal wrap only, with 1x2 only vertical.
With anything >= 2x2 you get horizontal+vertical wrap ( the full torus ).

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Jakob Unterwurzacher (jakobunt) wrote on 2010-04-13:

Thread in compiz forum (no answer so far): http://forum.compiz.org/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=12132