Bug 206575

Summary:	Plasma panel setting "always visible" doesn't work when panel on border between two xinerama screens
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	bonne
Component:	multiscreen	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	asraniel
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Attachments:	Screenshot showing panel with window underneath Screenshot showing panel on other side without window underneath

Description bonne 2009-09-07 03:57:47 UTC

Version:           4.3.0 (using KDE 4.3.0)
Compiler:          gcc version 4.3.2  (Gentoo 4.3.2-r3 p1.6, pie-10.1.5)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources

I have an external monitor attached to my laptop configured using twinview (nvidia). 
When I put a panel on the side of a screen which borders another screen windows are placed underneath it. When I maximise a window on that screen it ignores the new panel. 

The desired behaviour is that the "always visible" setting for the panel would stop windows going over or under the panel. 

This does not occur if the panel is on the "outside" of the 2 screen setup. 

I have attempted to try a fresh config  by removing all plasma* config files from my .kde4/share/config directory and restarting plasma-desktop but the problem reoccurs once a new panel is added as described.

Comment 1 bonne 2009-09-07 04:01:37 UTC

Created attachment 36752 [details]
Screenshot showing panel with window underneath

Comment 2 bonne 2009-09-07 04:03:14 UTC

Created attachment 36753 [details]
Screenshot showing panel on other side without window underneath

Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2009-10-21 14:41:26 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 167852 ***