Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 456473
GNOME panel sticks on the top of the screen even if positioned at the bottom
Last modified: 2009-08-03 08:50:45 EDT
Description of problem: I prefer to have the panel with the main menu at the bottom instead of the top of the screen, and the panel with the window list at the top. It's easy to reposition the two panels, either by setting the preferences or by dragging them around. The problem is that when I log back in the panel with the window list is at the top as expected, but the panel with the menu is positioned right below it, as if they were stacked. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.22.2 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.drag panel with menu to the bottom of the screen, and the panel with the window list to the top 2.logout 3.login Actual results: The panel with the window list is positioned at the top, but the panel with the menu is positioned right below it Expected results: The panel with the menu should be positioned at the bottom of the screen Additional info: The panel with the menu is configured with "expand" set to "no".
Well, I just found out it is not always reproducible. I just logged in and panels are where I told them to be. Since I rearranged applets across panels yesterday, I will investigate further to see if there's any relation with which applets are present on each panel.
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I can report the exact same behaviour on Fedora 11: Menu at bottom, window-bar at the top. Bottom-panel set to "auto-disappear" and "don't-expand". After login the bottom panel sticks to the top panel instead of staying at the bottom. To temp-fix it, you have to set to bottom panel to "expand", then set it to bottom and then to "don't expand" again. This will fix it until the next login...
I haven't upgraded to F11 yet, so I can't post my own experience, but I guess this is enough reason to reopen it.
... that is if I knew how to reopen it :-( AFAICS I can only change the status to "ASSIGNED", is this what I should do?