Bug 689850

Summary:	Panel topmost pixel row not clickable
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Andy Grover <agrover>
Component:	compiz	Assignee:	Owen Taylor <otaylor>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version:	6.2	CC:	tpelka
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Description Andy Grover 2011-03-22 16:07:05 UTC

Description of problem:
Selecting a menu on the topmost panel (Applications, Places, System) is too hard. I should be able to whip the mouse up and click the menu, but the menu doesn't respond to mouse clicks in the topmost pixel row, only the second row. This means it takes another fine mouse movement down a little before I can click to open the menu. This is a violation of Fitt's law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law

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How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Quickly move the mouse to top left to open a menu item
2. Mouse points at top pixel row
3. Click
  
Actual results:
nothing happens

Expected results:
menu should open

Additional info:

This also applies to the bottom panel, whipping the mouse down to reopen a minimized window often fails because the bottom pixel row does not respond to clicks. I tried all themes but it didn't make a difference.

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2011-04-04 02:08:30 UTC

Since RHEL 6.1 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains
unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as
exception or blocker.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the
next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 3 Andy Grover 2011-07-21 18:32:58 UTC

Also, this only happens when compiz is enabled.

Comment 4 Ray Strode [halfline] 2011-07-21 22:30:06 UTC

almost certainly a compiz issue then.  It probably uses the top edge of the screen for its own purposes

Comment 5 Andy Grover 2012-01-07 00:13:02 UTC

still present in rhel 6.2.

Comment 6 Marc-Andre Lureau 2013-05-08 15:22:01 UTC

*** Bug 849597 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Jan Kurik 2017-12-06 10:22:24 UTC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is in the Production 3 Phase. During the Production 3 Phase, Critical impact Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selected Urgent Priority Bug Fix Advisories (RHBAs) may be released as they become available.

The official life cycle policy can be reviewed here:

http://redhat.com/rhel/lifecycle

This issue does not meet the inclusion criteria for the Production 3 Phase and will be marked as CLOSED/WONTFIX. If this remains a critical requirement, please contact Red Hat Customer Support to request a re-evaluation of the issue, citing a clear business justification. Note that a strong business justification will be required for re-evaluation. Red Hat Customer Support can be contacted via the Red Hat Customer Portal at the following URL:

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