Bug 206575

Summary: Plasma panel setting "always visible" doesn't work when panel on border between two xinerama screens
Product: [Plasma] plasma4 Reporter: bonne
Component: multiscreenAssignee: 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:
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 ***