Adding/Removing an external monitor causes open windows to move to another workspace
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compiz |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Alan Griffiths | ||
| Compiz Core |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Alan Griffiths | ||
| Unity |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| unity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
This issues has been reported with a Dell Latitude E6320. I have also confirmed this same behavior happens with an IBM x201.
This issue happens while using an external monitor, either directly attached to a laptop, or through a docking station. If windows/
How to reproduce:
- Attach an external monitor either directly or using a docking station.
- Open multiple windows on the external monitor, and in separate workspaces.
- Disconnect the external monitor or remove the laptop from the docking station.
- The windows/
| description: | updated |
| tags: | added: multimonitor |
| tags: | added: mm-window-management |
| Changed in compiz-core: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz) |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| assignee: | Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz) → Robert Carr (robertcarr) |
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Changed in compiz-core: | |
| assignee: | Robert Carr (robertcarr) → Alan Griffiths (alan-griffiths) |
| Changed in compiz: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Alan Griffiths (alan-griffiths) |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| summary: |
- Removing an external monitor causes open windows to move to another - workspace + Adding/Removing an external monitor causes open windows to move to + another workspace |
| Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote | #1 |
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 763148, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.