Comment 9 for bug 349774

Ubuntu has had this problem as long as I've been using it - since 5.04! It is *NOT* specific to any single theme. I can see why it is low priority - it doesn't stop anything important from working - but it is very annoying.

The panel looks fine in the screenshots taken by the maintainers of the the various themes. Obviously it is not their fault that the gnome panel in ubuntu can't follow instructions.