Bug 1847051

Summary: JS ERROR: TypeError: area is null
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Martin Krajnak <mkrajnak>
Component: gnome-shellAssignee: Florian Müllner <fmuellner>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 8.3CC: jadahl, tpelka
Target Milestone: rcFlags: pm-rhel: mirror+
Target Release: 8.0   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: All   
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Fixed In Version: gnome-shell-3.32.2-19.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2020-11-04 01:35:45 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Martin Krajnak 2020-06-15 14:15:59 UTC 
Created attachment 1697449 [details]
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Description of problem:
I am getting folowing errors when triggering the gnome-shell overview:


Jun 15 14:41:09 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[4127]: JS ERROR: TypeError: area is null
                                                         padArea@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/workspace.js:1046:9
                                                         _updateWindowPositions@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/workspace.js:1282:20
                                                         _realRecalculateWindowPositions@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/workspace.js:1259:9
                                                         _recalculateWindowPositions/this._positionWindowsId<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/workspace.js:1234:13


How reproducible:
gnome-shell-3.32.2-18.el8.x86_64
mutter-3.32.2-41.el8.x86_64

Steps to Reproduce:
1.login to session
2.press super

Actual results:
JS errors and cropped windows that can be seen in the attached screenshot.

Expected results:
no errors and properly resized windows

Additional info:
halfline told me to mention bug 1715845
Comment 4 Martin Krajnak 2020-06-16 08:54:12 UTC 
Thanks for the quick fix Florian, no more defects and errors with gnome-shell-3.32.2-19.el8.x86_64.
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 01:35:45 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: GNOME security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4451