linuxmint/Cinnamon — Issue #98: Auto-hidden bottom panel blocks mouse clicks
Author: drpixie
Created: 2012-01-05 01:08:07+00:00
State: open

When the bottom panel (autohide) is hidden, mouse clicks to the bottom part of the screen are obscured, as if the bottom panel was still visible (and on top of all other windows). This means that even though you can see window corners (or menu items) close to the bottom of the screen, you cannot use them.

System:
Up to date Mint 12 with Cinnamon (kernel 3.0.0-13), gnome 3.2.1

To reproduce:
- enable panel-autohide
(bottom panel should now hide itself)
- enlarge any app window so the bottom corners are near the screen bottom, within the area that was covered by the bottom panel
- move mouse to centre of screen
- now use mouse at bottom or bottom corner of the app window to resize
* mouse clicks near bottom of window have no effect.

A similar thing happens if an app has a long menu where the the last menu item falls within the (now hidden) bottom panel area - that menu item cannot be selected.

Problem:
I imagine that mouse events are still being directed to the bottom panel, even though it is (apparently) hidden.