You cannot grab focus when mouse is on far right.
Open a browser window. Then open Dolphin so that Dolphin has focus. Move the mouse to the far right of the screen. You can click all you want but you can't grab focus which is maddening. It doesn't happen on fully updated Solus Budgie or fully updated Solus MATE.
Maybe I don't understand this properly. I open chrome, make it full screen. I open dolphin in front (anywhere on the screen). I then move the mouse as far right as it will go and then left click (and for me it focuses chrome as expected)
No you have it right and it sounds like what you're seeing is different than what I'm seeing. I could make a video but I don't know how useful that would be. Are there any logs or anything I could pull that would be useful data?
Chrome or Firefox. It doesn't matter. I can duplicate it with two Dolphin windows even. Single monitor on different laptop models. Dell E7270, E7470, and Precision 5510. So multiple resolutions from 1368x768 up to 1920x1080.
Were these installs all done from the same ISO image @Skullone? I'm not able to reproduce it either, not on my metal install or in VMs. Seeing you have the same problem on 3 different machines, it makes me wonder if the install ISO had some glitch in it.
Edit: Also check if there's any special settings somehow got triggered for Dolphin. Right-click on the titlebar, look under "More Settings" and make sure nothing is selected. You may want to go into "Special Application Settings" and make sure nothing is selected there too.
I first noticed it on the older ISO but I only grabbed that ISO two days before the most recent one so I didn't say anything as I wanted to test the new ISO first. All 3 machines right now are on the latest ISO.
The issue isn't Dolphin related. I can reproduce the problem with any application(s).
Try opening a browser, then a terminal. In the terminal enter journalctl -f. That will show the last few lines of the system log, and give live feedback on any errors. Try clicking as you have been, see if anything is being reported to the log.
You can kill the log output with Ctrl+c when you're done with it.
I've tried different browsers, different applications, folder view, plain desktop, widgets locked, unlocked... most everything I could think of, and can't reproduce it. Hopefully the journal will tell us something.
There's no data dumping to the journal when I click. I have an older Acer laptop with totally different hardware that i'm going to test on. See if maybe it's a Dell touchpad issue or something.
and i'm a complete dumbass. this whole time i have meant left....not right and i never noticed my mistake. many apologies gentlemen!
No worries. I've tried it on all sides anyway, and can't reproduce it. Let's see what happens with the Acer.
The Acer has the same problem. The Live CD likewise has the problem.
Acer Live CD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JuKpfzRI8I
Acer Fully Updated - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvDiY101do4
Okay, now I understand what's going on. I thought you meant having one window maximized, and another open, that you couldn't click on the maximized window when all the way on the left. Totally misunderstood what you meant.
What you're experiencing is the Touch Screen spacing. It's there so that mouse clicks aren't confused with touch screen swipes (default is the left side).
To get rid of it, go to System Settings > Desktop Behavior > Touch Screen, uncheck the left side, then apply. You'll have to log out and back in for the settings to take effect. It's set on by default for those who use touch screens.