Apps in libertine open everything in a new window

[YougoCodes]

Device: FP2
OS: ubports ubuntu Touch 16.04/devel

Use case:

1. open an app from the libertine scope.
   -the app starts.
2. Press a menu item.

• expected behavior: drop down menu opens
• witnessed behavior: a new window is created containing the drop down menu. Choosing a menu option closes the extra window but the command is not forwarded to the main app.

3. Hover cursor over a GUI element to trigger a tooltip

• expected behavior: tooltip appears. Moving the cursor away causes the tooltip to close
• witnessed behavior: tooltip is opened in a new window. Clicking on the tooltip causes the extra window to close

4. When available, drag a toolbar away from it’s docked position to make it a floating toolbar

• expected behavior: toolbar becomes a floating toolbar
• witnessed behavior: toolbar is given it’s own new window

Assessment: mir/xmir/? Seems confused as to what needs its own windows (dialogue boxes, independent apps launched by the other app, e.g. typing ‘gedit’ in a terminal, etc.) and what doesn’t (drop down menus, contextual menus, tooltips, etc.)

This renders libertine apps nearly unusable. I first started noticing this behavior after updating from 15.04 to 16.04

Attached you will find screenshots of Libreoffice writer opened with a floating toolbar and a menu opened in a new window, and a tooltip opened in a new window.

[eitzenbe]

i can confirm this bug, it affects nearly all native x apps (firefox, audacity, thunderbird, ....) on Amaris BQ10 FHD

[arubislander]

There is a workaround / fix for this issue here