Invisible box that prevents clicking

[leynebe]

Tilix will sometimes create an invisible box that prevents clicking on other programs and is very faintly visible.

I know it has something to do with Tilix since when I close it, the invisible box is gone and I'm able to use the mouse on that part of my screen in other programs again.

I think it has to do with (me accidentally) alt+left mouse button click dragging a terminal. I say this because the invisible box is exactly the size of the "mini terminal" that is attached to your mouse when you drag it.

I cannot recreate it though and I never use the alt+clickdrag feature intentionally, if there is a way to turn it off for now please let me know.

my tilix dconf

Great project by the way. Love Tilix!

[edgan]

I think you are experiencing issue #1237 .

[dfaubion-zinc]

Also experience this (or #1237) on tilix 1.9.3 on xubuntu.

[acjohnson]

yeah this is really annoying and took me a long time to figure out it was Tilix doing this. This should be a must fix IMO

[edgan]

yeah this is really annoying and took me a long time to figure out it was Tilix doing this. This should be a must fix IMO

I agree. It has happened to me twice in a matter of days, and even knowing the issue exists I start thinking my browser is being flakey. It takes me some time to realize that "Oh, it is I can't click in this box.". It is super frustrating. I have gone back to terminator as a result. I think tilix is superior in many other ways, but this bug is a show stopper. I also recently had a show stopper with terminator, but that one got fixed. Terminator's show stopper got me thinking, and so I tried tilix again. But back I go to terminator.

[edgan]

I am testing this patch. Disabling drag and drop is better than fighting invisible boxes.

diff -uNr tilix/source/gx/tilix/terminal/terminal.d tilix.disable-drag-drop/source/gx/tilix/terminal/terminal.d
--- tilix/source/gx/tilix/terminal/terminal.d	2021-05-07 11:32:25.665055415 -0700
+++ tilix.disable-drag-drop/source/gx/tilix/terminal/terminal.d	2021-05-07 11:33:09.287691174 -0700
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
         box.add(createVTE());
 
         //Enable Drag and Drop
-        setupDragAndDrop(titlePane);
+        //setupDragAndDrop(titlePane);
     }
 
     /**

[edgan]

I am running the patch on two systems without issue. It also seems to have the desired effect on disabling dragging, and no unexpected consequences. I can still click on the title bar of the tile to maximize it.

I don't see an alternative way to separate a tile from a window.

I may take some time and example the setupDragAndDrop function for ideas of how to fix or workaround this bug without disabling drag and drop.

[leynebe]

I haven't had this issue in a long time (it's been 1,5 years since I've created this ticket). It must've solved itself on version upgrade of tilix or some related package. I didn't post the versions of the terminal then, but currently they are:

[ben@work ~]$ tilix -v
Versions
	Tilix version: 1.9.4
	VTE version: 0.64
	GTK Version: 3.24.29

Tilix Special Features
	Notifications enabled=0
	Triggers enabled=0
	Badges enabled=1

[spoonsauce]

Just had this happen on Fedora 34. Happens pretty regularly if I accidentally drag a session side-bar window.

$ tilix -v
Versions
	Tilix version: 1.9.4
	VTE version: 0.64
	GTK Version: 3.24.29

Tilix Special Features
	Notifications enabled=1
	Triggers enabled=0
	Badges enabled=1

[edgan]

I tried tilix again on Fedora 36, and have had the issue.

[ronen-fr]

Fedora 37. 2023. It's still there...

[leynebe]

Not encountered it anymore in a long time. Feel free to reopen if you still have the issue.