{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/271","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/271/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/271/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/271/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/271","id":53536894,"number":271,"title":"mate panel, orientation: top, does not 'block' the screen area","user":{"login":"cerubim","id":1494924,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1494924?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim","html_url":"https://github.com/cerubim","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":8,"created_at":"2015-01-06T17:07:00Z","updated_at":"2015-07-15T18:42:12Z","closed_at":"2015-07-15T18:42:12Z","body":"I have changed in Panel Properties, General, Orientation to 'Top', so the position is at the top of the screen. Now, most windows open in the top left corner, underneath the panel, with their title obscured by the panel. \r\nThe workaround is to right-click and move them each time or use auto-hide.\r\nI wonder if the panel should 'reserve' that area of the screen so that any windows open below it. \r\n\r\nLinux Mint 17.1\r\nMATE 64-bit\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/comments/121708795","html_url":"https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/271#issuecomment-121708795","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/271","id":121708795,"user":{"login":"cerubim","id":1494924,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1494924?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim","html_url":"https://github.com/cerubim","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cerubim/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-15T18:42:12Z","updated_at":"2015-07-15T18:42:12Z","body":"Thanks monsta. I have disabled to option for new windows to be placed in the center and I believe I have Compiz disabled. The new windows appeared in the top-left corner, but below the Mate panel. \r\nI have tried to move windows underneath the panel but I could not. It appears the issue is fixed. "}}