Re: Firefox context menu and tooltip on wrong display?
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 04:17:12PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> 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.
>
For those following along, a little while ago the problem "went away".
That is, context menus, tooltips, and application menus now all show in
the expected places in Firefox. I really hope that this is not a
temporary situation and that whatever the problem was has just magically
resolved itself. :shrug:
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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