Guake window follows mouse across monitors till it loses focus

[blacktav]

Describe the bug

With preferences set as "Appear on Mouse Display"

After the guake window opens with focus on the monitor containing the mouse; the guake window then follows the mouse across other monitors

If guake loses focus, window no longer follows mouse but focus must go to another window on the same monitor.

Behaviour does not occur on workspaces with no open windows

Expected behavior

The window should NOT follow the mouse

Work-around

Removing the commit 5205ce2 as described in Issue #1720 corrects this behaviiour though clearly might have other effects

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Platform ArchLinux

Guake Version: 3.7.0
Vte Version: 0.60.0
Vte Runtime Version: 0.60.0

GTK+ Version: 3.24.14
GDK Backend: GdkX11.X11Display

Desktop Session: xfce

Display: :0.0

RGBA visual: True

Composited: True

• Monitor: 0 - IVM DP1
  • Geometry: 1080 x 1920 at 1080, 0
  • Size: 520 x 290 mm²
  • Primary: True
  • Refresh rate: 60.00 Hz
  • Subpixel layout: unknown
• Monitor: 1 - IVM HDMI1
  • Geometry: 1080 x 1920 at 0, 0
  • Size: 520 x 290 mm²
  • Primary: False
  • Refresh rate: 60.00 Hz
  • Subpixel layout: unknown

[piszczek]

this is most irritating thing after update;

I downgraded version till this will be fixed ;(

[iconoclasthero]

So I think I'm experiencing the same issue. Here's what happens:
1 With mouse on screen 1, hit F12 to open on screen 1. << Guake opens on screen 1 >>
2 Move mouse to screen 2. << Guake stays on screen 1 >>
3 Click on screen 2. << Guake moves to screen 2 >>
4 Click back on screen 1 and leave mouse there. << Guake stays on screen 2 >>
5 Hit F12. << Guake is hidden >>
6 Hit F12. << Guake is shown on screen 1 >>

If I modify that progression:
1 With mouse on screen 1, hit F12 to open on screen 1. << Guake opens on screen 1 >>
1.5 Click on screen 1. << Guake remains open on screen 1 >>
2 Move mouse to screen 2. << Guake stays on screen 1 >>
3 Click on screen 2. << Guake remains on screen 1 >>
4 Click back on screen 1 and leave mouse there. << Guake stays on screen 1 >>
5 Hit F12. << Guake is hidden >>
6 Hit F12. << Guake is shown on screen 1 >>

Is this the same behavior? I'm having another multi-monitor issue but it might be related.

[GuzTech]

I can confirm that I have the exact same issue as @iconoclasthero described above.

[justinfx]

Confirming same issue on Ubuntu 20.04
Guake Version: 3.7.0

Disabling the Appear on mouse display option is not an acceptable option since one usually wants it to appear in the context of the mouse. But a visible terminal should not then start following the mouse. Even the workaround of clicking to focus another window in the same display first, before clicking into another display isn't really easy to remember to do every time. A fix is very much appreciated!

[stiltr]

I applied PR #1774 and that seems to have fixed the problem for me.
I just modified utils.py and restarted guake. For me it was located at /usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/guake/utils.py, but it will probably depend on your distro.

[Davidy22]

#1774 was closed, but an equivalent #1775 was merged that fixes this so closing this issue.