I see this with VLC too, so it's probably with any fullscreen app. However, at least on 15.04, ticking the 'Always on top' option via the right-click titlebar menu of the video window is an effective workaround.
This seems to suggest it ought to be easy to fix? It's clear Unity can draw things correctly with the 'always on top' setting, so it seems like it just needs to understand that full-screen is very similar to 'always on top'. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774487 Title: Totem/VLC etc. goes to background when full-screen and out of focus Status in Unity: Confirmed Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: totem When totem is full-screen but out of focus (such as in a dual-screen set up), it is sent to the sent to a lower z-level. This causes the upper Ubuntu toolbar and the Unity bar to appear on top the of full- screen video. The ideal behavior is for totem to remain always on top when in full- screen so no desktop environment chrome can obstruct it. Steps to reproduce: 1. Place totem full-screen on one monitor 2. Click any other window on a second monitor 3. Ubuntu titlebar and Unity bar appear on top of the video ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: totem 2.32.0-0ubuntu10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Apr 30 15:08:09 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: totem UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/774487/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
