Right-click menu problem

[viadesolo]

It happens so rarely and randomly, but not frequently. Sometimes after exiting from some apps (not when minimizing them) and on right-click on the desktop, the items in the second column disappear (1st image). But if I right-click again, it appears normal (2nd image). No other issues before or after happening this. Any insights?

[AB-boi]

Just here to say that this exact thing happens often on my Linux Mint Cinnamon too. It's hard to exactly say when it happens so it's difficult to talk about the reproducibility. My System info:

Operating System:  Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon
Cinnamon Version:  6.4.8
Linux Kernel:      6.8.0-60-generic
Processor:         Intel Core i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz × 4
Memory:            7.5 GiB
Hard Drive:        512.1 GB
Graphics Card:     Intel Corporation WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620]
Graphics Card:     NVIDIA Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX230]
Display Server:    X11

There are a lot of others that are facing this issue as seen here.

If this is the wrong place to post about this issue kindly suggest where to post about it. (I think Cinnamon-menu or Nemo is more appropriate?)

[PurpleSmurf2]

I can confirm this bug. For me it happened a few times in the last days/weeks. I even opened an issue how to reproduce this bug but mysteriously the entry has disappeared or been moved so that I can no longer find it. In this video you can see how to reproduce the bug:

reproduce.mp4

All you have to do is copy a folder with as much data as possible and leave the context menu open while the copy process is running. The context menu will then expand or shrink and entries will disappear. I suspect it has something to do with the fact that the folder is selected during the copy process and therefore other context menu entries are available than if you open the context menu without having selected a file. But I don't know enough about what happens behind the scenes. Others will have to find out.

Videoquality sucks as it is recorded in a VM but you can sell all the relevant steps.

Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon 6.4.8 X11 Session.

[AB-boi]

@PurpleSmurf2 Your bug is different from the one being discussed in this issue. I have already explained about your bug in a different thread, where you raised the issue. Maybe the underlying cause may be the same, but superficially the bugs are very different and happen at different times. I have also explained in that other thread that no entries are missing. In fact an entry gets added and the layout of the menu changes as it tried to fit 11 entries in a menu window meant for 10.

[AB-boi]

@viadesolo If possible can you change the title of the issue to something clear and specific? Like Right-click menu entries disappear randomly ?

Also I want to point out that in this particular bug it seems that it's always the same 4 entries that disappear (considering your nemo-actions are configured and layout is the same):

+ Create a new launcher here...
Add Desklets
Change Desktop Background
Display Settings

Idk what it means but maybe it points to where the underlying bug is arising from.