Re: Firefox context menu and tooltip on wrong display?
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 10:09:10PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
> Roberto C. Sánchez writes:
>
> > I have recently decommissioned my main desktop workstation and switched
> > to using my laptop for daily work (rather than only when travelling). I
> > acquired a USB-C "docking station" and have connected two external
> > monitors (which were formerly attached to my desktop machine).
> >
> > For some strange reason, when there is a Firefox window in the second or
> > third monitor context menus (from right-click) and tooltips do not
> > appear on the same screen as the Firefox window, but rather on the
> > primary monitor (the laptop integrated monitor). I tried searching, but
> > did not find anything recent or useful. Has anyone experienced this
> > same issue? I did not experience this at all on my desktop machine with
> > dual monitors (both the laptop where I am experiencing this and the
> > desktop where I did not experience this are running bullseye), so I am
> > curious if anyone has encountered this issue and if so how to resolve
> > it.
>
> This sounds familiar to me. I think I have observed this behaviour in the
> past albeit never really reproducible. I thought it might be related to
> starting on another screen than the browser is later actually used on, but I
> could not trigger it with some simple tests here.
>
> Back when it appeared I mostly did not bother trying to fix it because for
> me it was only ever temporary in some situations and I could still control
> the rouge menus with the keyboard and avoid moving the mouse cursor all over
> the screens.
>
Thanks, I tend to favor keyboard shortcuts, so this isn't as bad as it
could be for me.
> Just a datapoint, no solution though :(
>
It's too bad that there is not a straightforward way to pinpoint this.
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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