#952972 cinnamon: windows (desklets?) at the back capturing clicks from front windows

Package:
cinnamon
Source:
cinnamon
Description:
Innovative and comfortable desktop
Submitter:
Date:
2026-05-13 02:43:31 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#952972#5
Date:
2020-03-02 15:32:01 UTC
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To:
Hello Dear Maintainers,

Several users seem to experience weirdness with mouse clicks with
Cinnamon, this problem may have been around for years[1]. I'm still
unsure of the origin, I suspect the culprit may be related to the
«Desklets» feature. I kinda manage to reproduce it.

It happens both on Debian Stable, and Debian Testing.

So, here is the setup:

- Have the «Notes» (@schlorri) Desklet running on the Desktop. Customize
  it to use some text editor like gedit. Put this desklet to the center
  of the screen.
- Run gnome-terminal. Put this terminal to the center of the screen in
  front of the desklet.
- Run nemo file-manager, windowed not fullscreen, in front of the 2
  other windows.
- Now, minimize Nemo to taskbar, and quickly click (eventually
  double-click, this might exhibit the behaviour more often) on
  the center of the screen (that is, on the terminal) during the
  minimize animation.

What will happen:
- gedit will popup, although the desklet was not on the
front. Or,
- the Note desklet will be in "move window" mode, even though mouse
  button has been released.

You might have to repeat step 4 a few times to manage to get this
improper behaviour.

Regards,

[1]: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=208&t=237811

#952972#10
Date:
2020-03-02 23:02:50 UTC
From:
To:
forwarded 952972 https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues/9190
thanks

Thanks for the detailed report. I have seen similar behavior with other
desklets, too.

I have forwarded it upstream - let us hope for the best!

Thanks

Norbert