Ubuntu
gnome-shell package

Dialogs render at the center of combined monitor space with a multi-monitor setup

Bug #1771316 reported by Rey Leonard Amorato
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Bug Description

On Ubuntu 18.04, with the "Show Icons" and "Thrash" enabled, trying to empty the trash results in the dialog being rendered at the center of the combined desktop space.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-21.22-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: communitheme:ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue May 15 17:44:05 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-27 (17 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_PH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:

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Rey Leonard Amorato (rl.amorato) wrote :
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) → gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

I wonder if we can generalize this bug. Do any other windows/apps launched from the left monitor also appear on the right?

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Rey Leonard Amorato (rl.amorato) wrote :

Hi, upon my limited testing, the following actions seem to exhibit the same thing as the above:

On the desktop, with the right click context menu on a file;
-Open With Other Application
-Move to...
-Copy to...
-Compress...
-Properties

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
summary: - Dialog renders at the center of combined monitor space with a multi-
+ Dialogs render at the center of combined monitor space with a multi-
monitor setup
tags: added: multimonitor
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