• [gentoo-user] Re: Odd Chrome behavior when dragging tab to create new w

    From Grant Edwards@21:1/5 to Grant Edwards on Mon Sep 27 16:30:02 2021
    On 2021-03-12, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
    Yesterday afternoon, both Chrome and Chromium started behaving oddly.

    When I drag a tab out of it's parent window to create a new window
    (this is something I do a lot, every day), it works normally until I
    release the mouse button. Then, instead of staying where it's put the
    new window will follow the mouse cursor around the desktop anytime Chrom(e|ium) has focus.

    It looks like this has been fixed!

    But now the "Use system title bars and borders" option doesn't work.

    --
    Grant

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  • From Mark Knecht@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 27 18:00:01 2021
    On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 7:25 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 2021-03-12, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
    Yesterday afternoon, both Chrome and Chromium started behaving oddly.

    When I drag a tab out of it's parent window to create a new window
    (this is something I do a lot, every day), it works normally until I release the mouse button. Then, instead of staying where it's put the
    new window will follow the mouse cursor around the desktop anytime Chrom(e|ium) has focus.

    It looks like this has been fixed!

    But now the "Use system title bars and borders" option doesn't work.

    --
    Grant


    Strangely the dragging a tab problem has never occured for me on
    Kubuntu.

    I run stable so I haven't seen the fix in Chrome beta yet but
    good to know it's coming. In my case I took Frank's suggestion
    and implemented the window on a virtual desktops and now I
    don't have to mess with my mouse and the title bar pin.

    Cheers,
    Mark

    <div dir="ltr"><br><br>On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 7:25 AM Grant Edwards &lt;<a href="mailto:grant.b.edwards@gmail.com">grant.b.edwards@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; On 2021-03-12, Grant Edwards &lt;<a href="mailto:grant.b.edwards@gmail.com">grant.
    b.edwards@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; Yesterday afternoon, both Chrome and Chromium started behaving oddly.<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; When I drag a tab out of it&#39;s parent window to create a new window<br>&gt; &gt; (this is something I do a
    lot, every day), it works normally until I<br>&gt; &gt; release the mouse button. Then, instead of staying where it&#39;s put the<br>&gt; &gt; new window will follow the mouse cursor around the desktop anytime<br>&gt; &gt; Chrom(e|ium) has focus.<br>&gt;<
    &gt; It looks like this has been fixed!<br>&gt;<br>&gt; But now the &quot;Use system title bars and borders&quot; option doesn&#39;t work.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; --<br>&gt; Grant<br>&gt;<br><div><br></div><div>Strangely the dragging a tab problem has never
    occured for me on </div><div>Kubuntu. </div><div><br></div><div>I run stable so I haven&#39;t seen the fix in Chrome beta yet but</div><div>good to know it&#39;s coming. In my case I took Frank&#39;s suggestion</div><div>and implemented the window on a
    virtual desktops and now I</div><div>don&#39;t have to mess with my mouse and the title bar pin.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Mark</div></div>

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  • From Grant Edwards@21:1/5 to Mark Knecht on Mon Sep 27 19:50:01 2021
    On 2021-09-27, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 7:25 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:

    But now the "Use system title bars and borders" option doesn't work.

    Strangely the dragging a tab problem has never occured for me on
    Kubuntu.

    I think the window dragging problem only happened with some window
    managers.

    [regarding titlebar breakage]
    I run stable so I haven't seen the fix in Chrome beta yet but
    good to know it's coming. In my case I took Frank's suggestion
    and implemented the window on a virtual desktops and now I
    don't have to mess with my mouse and the title bar pin.

    Did you try the fix mentioned elsewhere: go to chrome://flags and
    disable something with the words "ozone" and "X11" in it?

    That fixed the titlebar problem for me.

    --
    Grant

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  • From Neil Bothwick@21:1/5 to Mark Knecht on Mon Sep 27 20:40:01 2021
    On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:23:58 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:

    Yes, I tried that. In my case it just made no difference. Everything
    worked on Chromium as suggested but I couldn't (easily - I'm very busy
    right now) figure out how to get Chrome and Chromium to sync bookmarks
    and passwords and I want Windows, Android and Linux (all flavors) to
    be in sync if possible.

    I use Chromium on my computers and Chrome on my phone and the bookmarks
    are kept in sync without any action on my part. It seems there is no
    difference between Chrome and Chromium in this regard.


    --
    Neil Bothwick

    Profanity, The Language of Computer Professionals.

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  • From Mark Knecht@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 27 20:30:02 2021
    On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 10:48 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 2021-09-27, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 7:25 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com

    wrote:

    But now the "Use system title bars and borders" option doesn't work.

    Strangely the dragging a tab problem has never occured for me on
    Kubuntu.

    I think the window dragging problem only happened with some window
    managers.

    [regarding titlebar breakage]
    I run stable so I haven't seen the fix in Chrome beta yet but
    good to know it's coming. In my case I took Frank's suggestion
    and implemented the window on a virtual desktops and now I
    don't have to mess with my mouse and the title bar pin.

    Did you try the fix mentioned elsewhere: go to chrome://flags and
    disable something with the words "ozone" and "X11" in it?

    That fixed the titlebar problem for me.

    --
    Grant

    Yes, I tried that. In my case it just made no difference. Everything worked
    on Chromium as suggested but I couldn't (easily - I'm very busy right now) figure out how to get Chrome and Chromium to sync bookmarks and
    passwords and I want Windows, Android and Linux (all flavors) to
    be in sync if possible.

    For me Frank's Meta-a solution is a really good one for right now.

    Will investigate more in a few weeks when my workload gets
    more normal.

    Cheers,
    Mark

    <div dir="ltr"><br><br>On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 10:48 AM Grant Edwards &lt;<a href="mailto:grant.b.edwards@gmail.com">grant.b.edwards@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; On 2021-09-27, Mark Knecht &lt;<a href="mailto:markknecht@gmail.com">markknecht@
    gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 7:25 AM Grant Edwards &lt;<a href="mailto:grant.b.edwards@gmail.com">grant.b.edwards@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>&gt; &gt; wrote:<br>&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>&gt; &gt;&gt; But now the &quot;Use system title
    bars and borders&quot; option doesn&#39;t work.<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Strangely the dragging a tab problem has never occured for me on<br>&gt; &gt; Kubuntu.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; I think the window dragging problem only happened with some window<br>&gt;
    managers.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; [regarding titlebar breakage]<br>&gt; &gt; I run stable so I haven&#39;t seen the fix in Chrome beta yet but<br>&gt; &gt; good to know it&#39;s coming. In my case I took Frank&#39;s suggestion<br>&gt; &gt; and implemented the
    window on a virtual desktops and now I<br>&gt; &gt; don&#39;t have to mess with my mouse and the title bar pin.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Did you try the fix mentioned elsewhere: go to chrome://flags and<br>&gt; disable something with the words &quot;ozone&quot;
    and &quot;X11&quot; in it?<br>&gt;<br>&gt; That fixed the titlebar problem for me.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; --<br>&gt; Grant<br><br><div>Yes, I tried that. In my case it just made no difference. Everything worked </div><div>on Chromium as suggested but I couldn&#
    39;t (easily - I&#39;m very busy right now)</div><div>figure out how to get Chrome and Chromium to sync bookmarks and </div><div>passwords and I want Windows, Android and Linux (all flavors) to </div><div>be in sync if possible.</div><div><br></div><
    For me Frank&#39;s Meta-a solution is a really good one for right now.</div><div><br></div><div>Will investigate more in a few weeks when my workload gets </div><div>more normal.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Mark</div></div>

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  • From Spackman, Chris@21:1/5 to Neil Bothwick on Tue Sep 28 01:10:02 2021
    On 2021/09/27 at 07:31pm, Neil Bothwick wrote:
    On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:23:58 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:

    I couldn't (easily - I'm very busy right now) figure out how to get
    Chrome and Chromium to sync bookmarks and passwords and I want
    Windows, Android and Linux (all flavors) to be in sync if possible.

    I use Chromium on my computers and Chrome on my phone and the
    bookmarks are kept in sync without any action on my part. It seems
    there is no difference between Chrome and Chromium in this regard.

    Is sync still working? I thought that Google had closed whatever
    loophole had allowed not-Chrome browsers to sync with Google Chrome.

    https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/122570052/sync-and-login-no-longer-works-in-chromium?hl=en

    https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/01/chromium-sync-google-api-removed

    I also remember that on the Twit network, either This Week In Tech or
    maybe Security Now talked about Google closing that "bug".

    If it is still working, that is great news for users of Chromium-based
    browsers that aren't Google Chrome, but I don't think it is safe to
    expect the behavior to continue.

    --
    Chris Spackman (he / him) chris@osugisakae.com

    ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools
    ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College
    Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998
    Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532

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  • From Grant Edwards@21:1/5 to Chris on Tue Sep 28 01:10:01 2021
    On 2021-09-27, Spackman, Chris <chris@osugisakae.com> wrote:

    If it is still working, that is great news for users of Chromium-based browsers that aren't Google Chrome, but I don't think it is safe to
    expect the behavior to continue.

    It's Google. It's not safe to expect _any_ behavior to continue. :)

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  • From Spackman, Chris@21:1/5 to Grant Edwards on Tue Sep 28 01:40:01 2021
    On 2021/09/27 at 11:07pm, Grant Edwards wrote:
    On 2021-09-27, Spackman, Chris <chris@osugisakae.com> wrote:

    If it is still working, that is great news for users of
    Chromium-based browsers that aren't Google Chrome, but I don't think
    it is safe to expect the behavior to continue.

    It's Google. It's not safe to expect _any_ behavior to continue. :)

    It's funny because it's true.

    *Sigh*

    --
    Chris Spackman (he / him) chris@osugisakae.com

    ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools
    ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College
    Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998
    Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532

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