Issue + workaround for intellij disappearing popups

[randomlurker]

Qubes OS version (e.g., R3.2):

R3.2

Affected TemplateVMs (e.g., fedora-23, if applicable):

standalone vm based on debian-8 and upgraded to stretch using qubes doc.

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Expected behavior:

Intellij popups (action selection, class search) should open correctly

Actual behavior:

The popups open, but almost always close instantaneously

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• Download the community version of intellij.
• Create a random project
• try to open the action dialog (ctrl-maj-a), or the class search (ctrl-maj-n)
• sometimes it works several times in a row at launch, but when you start messing with the ui / running a program, then it no longer works.

Workaround specific to intellij

It's possible to tell intellij to create a different type of popup (that works fine) by using the java option suggested in this thread :
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-160215
This seems to solve all my problems for now.

General notes:

I had almost given up when I found the workaround, and the only information I found was this old discussion that didn't seem to be resolved.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/qubes-users/6_fIA0wm7QU/DDm2s9i2CW0J

Maybe someone could add this in the doc ? A working IDE is a huge deal for devs, and this could easily put them off Qubes.

[andrewdavidwong]

Maybe someone could add this in the doc ?

Would you mind submitting a pull request for this? The instructions are here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/doc-guidelines/

[andrewdavidwong]

Maybe someone could add this in the doc ?

Would you mind submitting a pull request for this? The instructions are here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/doc-guidelines/

[unman]

@andrewdavidwong This doesn't seem to be a Qubes issue at all - that is, it manifests on Qubes but it is an upstream application issue: the solution isn't Qubes specific.
If you really want I can put something in the docs, but it does not seem appropriate to me.

[unman]

@andrewdavidwong This doesn't seem to be a Qubes issue at all - that is, it manifests on Qubes but it is an upstream application issue: the solution isn't Qubes specific.
If you really want I can put something in the docs, but it does not seem appropriate to me.

[andrewdavidwong]

@unman: Thanks. Closing as notourbug.

[andrewdavidwong]

@unman: Thanks. Closing as notourbug.