Multitasking View is ignoring input events on second display

[svandragt]

What Happened?

After opening multitasking View any windows on the second monitor cannot be closed by closing the close button. Windows cannot be activated. They cannot be dragged around. Hovering over windows does not cause their label to display.

Attempting to drag a window causes a new workspace to be created on the first monitor, so it seems all mouse events are captured on he primary display.

I cannot use the arrow keys to select any windows either on that screen, not sure if that's a feature though or do I need to "tab" onto the secondary screen first?

Steps to Reproduce

1. open a window on the primary and secondary screens
2. invoke multitasking view
3. attempt to interact with any windows

Expected Behavior

windows can be dragged, clicked, dismissed and otherwise interacted with on all screens.

OS Version

7.x (Early Access)

Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

Log Output

No response

Hardware Info

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[etorkay]

I have the same issue on my system

[ezracelli]

I'm seeing the same behavior on NixOS + Pantheon DE (Gala version 7.0.1)

[wout]

Same here. I'm using a 4k external monitor as my primary screen and the laptop's screen as the secondary one. Sometimes, after reconnecting, all windows have gathered on the secondary display, but they are fixed. So I have to alt+tab and then drag them one by one to the main screen to reposition them on their original workspaces.

[mah484]

Same here.

                                     michael@ralphie
         eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee           OS: Elementary 7 horus
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    eeeee  eeeeeeeeeeee   eeeee      Uptime: 11m
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eee    eee            eee       eee  Resolution: 3840x1080
eee   eee            eee        eee  DE: GNOME 42.0
ee    eee           eeee       eeee  WM: Gala
ee    eee         eeeee      eeeeee  WM Theme: Adwaita
ee    eee       eeeee      eeeee ee  GTK Theme: io.elementary.stylesheet.blueberry [GTK2/3]
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eee    eeeeeeeeee     eeeeee    eee  Font: Inter 9
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  eeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeee      eeee    CPU: Intel Core i7-8650U @ 8x 4.2GHz [65.0°C]
    eeeee                 eeeee      GPU: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07)
      eeeeeee         eeeeeee        RAM: 2761MiB / 31983MiB
         eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee          

[wout]

Since a recent update, it has gotten worse. When entering the multitasking view, the secondary display goes black, and those windows overlap other windows on the primary display. So it's no longer usable at the moment. The overlap is also not cleanly rendered. It looks like two screenshots pasted on top of each other.

[wout]

No pressure, just wondering when this will land in an update. :)

[davidmhewitt]

Probably sometime in the next couple of weeks.

We've been doing quite a bit of work on Gala recently, so just need to finalize some stuff there and make sure it's all stable before the next release.

[wout]

Brilliant, thanks. I have no idea how these cycles go. Great to hear it'll be soon.

[wout]

This is fixed now by the way. Thanks again!