Title bar/menu problem on 14.04

[Colin Law]

On 2 February 2016 at 02:52, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 02/01/2016 02:42 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 1 February 2016 at 03:52, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> A couple of weeks ago I thought I was having and solved a problem with
>>> the
>>> speed of mouse clicks on menus, but I was wrong.  I still see the problem
>>> but I think it has more to do with the titlebar/menus than the mouse. I
>>> tried two different mice with the same result.
>>>
>>> The problem only occurs in Firefox,Thunderbird and LibreOffice.
>>>
>>> If I put the mouse pointer on any menu item in the titlebar and push the
>>> left mouse button the pointer turns into a hand and the menu does not
>>> drop
>>> down. In fact if I move the mouse I can drag the window even though the
>>> pointer is over the menus. To get the menu to drop down I must tap and
>>> release the mouse button very rapidly.
>>>
>>> In System Settings --> Unsettings I have "Global menu" set to off and
>>> "Global Menu In" set to Window Title Bar. It seems odd but even with the
>>> Global Menu set to off if I set the Global Menu In to top panel, the
>>> global
>>> menus appear in the top panel.
>>>
>>> In Compiz --> Utilities --> Workarounds I have Firefox and OpenOffice
>>> Menu
>>> Fixes checked. I have also tried unchecking them but the problem remains.
>>> The fact that the programs I am having problems with, have workarounds is
>>> highly suspicious, but I don't know what else to try.
>>>
>>> I have tried a lot of Googling but either I am using the wrong terms or
>>> no
>>> one else is having this problem.
>>
>>
>> Do you see the problem if you login as guest?
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
> Yes I do.  I logged out and logged in as a guest. Opened unsettings and
> turned off the global menu and set Global menu in to window title bar and
> when I clicked on the Firefox menu the pointer turned in to a hand and the
> menu did not drop down.
>
> One other thing I find odd. If I turn global menus off and then set Global
> menu in to top panel the global menu appears in the top panel even though I
> have global menus turned off.  Is this normal?

Does all behave ok if you do not invoke unsettngs?

Colin