Menus appear much above where should be

[Chrisj01]

Hey, on LM 19.1 and kernel 4.15, MATE 1.20.

Cannot upload screenshot of exact issue with menus as cannot take screen shot whilst one of the menus is open, but if you take a look at the image below, the menus open up by there. I have dual monitors, the one of right is 1920x1080 and the one of the left is 2560x1440. And the menus open on the left monitor as if it is 1080p. I have searched around but cannot find any recent issues, found some issues from years ago but did not want to follow the resolutions on there as they're for old versions, and just wanted to double check if anyone here knows how to solve it simply before attempting elaborate fixes for old versions of Mint.

Screenshot:

Any help appreciated.

Output of inxi

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System:
  Host: xxxx Kernel: 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 7.3.0 Desktop: MATE 1.20.1 Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa 
  base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: MSI model: B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37) v: 1.0 
  serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 1.40 
  date: 04/28/2017 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Zen rev: 1 L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 51198 
  Speed: 1514 MHz min/max: 1550/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1328 2: 1356 
  3: 1528 4: 1560 5: 1391 6: 1392 7: 1651 8: 1568 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Vega [Radeon RX Vega] vendor: Sapphire Limited 
  driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 22:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: amdgpu,ati 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa 
  resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX Vega (VEGA10 / DRM 3.23.0 / 4.15.0-43-generic 
  LLVM 6.0.0) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 22:00.1 
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 24:00.3 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-43-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 
  bus ID: 1e:00.0 
  IF: enp30s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 10.33 TiB used: 8.80 TiB (85.2%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD130 size: 2.73 TiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD130 size: 2.73 TiB 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 
  size: 1.82 TiB 
  ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Toshiba model: A100 size: 111.79 GiB 
  ID-5: /dev/sde vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD130 size: 2.73 TiB 
  ID-6: /dev/sdf vendor: PNY model: CS900 240GB SSD size: 223.57 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 219.06 GiB used: 67.84 GiB (31.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdf1 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 27 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1199 
Info:
  Processes: 291 Uptime: 1d 11h 04m Memory: 7.81 GiB used: 3.76 GiB (48.1%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.19 
  inxi: 3.0.27 

[absque fenestris]

So as an idea: Check the mate-display-properties to see if the smaller monitor (right) is selected as the main screen. If yes, try selecting the larger monitor (left) as the main screen.

[Chrisj01]

So as an idea: Check the mate-display-properties to see if the smaller monitor (right) is selected as the main screen. If yes, try selecting the larger monitor (left) as the main screen.

Thanks, yeah I already checked that the larger one is set as the primary monitor. This issue is not a massive issue it just is a pain in the backside and looks silly.

[absque fenestris]

What happens if you delete the menu item on the smaller monitor?

[Chrisj01]

What happens if you delete the menu item on the smaller monitor?

Just gave that a go, doesn't effect anything sorry.

[absque fenestris]

Well - those were suggestions from a lazy mouse user.
You probably have some invisible entries in your desktop configuration (the things behind the dot/period/point...) that need to be changed.
The gurus of Terminal commands are once again in demand...

[absque fenestris]

Off topic...
Beautiful photography - where is this landscape?

[Chrisj01]

Off topic...
Beautiful photography - where is this landscape?

No idea sorry, it is one of the included desktop wallpaper with Linux Mint 19.1

[gm10]

That's Mount Aso in Japan. As to the issue, if it's an option you could see if arranging the screens in display properties so they are bottom-aligned doesn't solve this. That aside it's probably an issue particular to your menu bar, at least I had no luck reproducing with the standard menu.

[Chrisj01]

That's Mount Aso in Japan. As to the issue, if it's an option you could see if arranging the screens in display properties so they are bottom-aligned doesn't solve this. That aside it's probably an issue particular to your menu bar, at least I had no luck reproducing with the standard menu.

Yes, this issue does not occur for me with the default menu, it only occurs with the other two options in the "add to panel" selection.

I can confirm that rearranging the displays so that they are bottom-alligned DOES "fix" the issue, thanks!. But I have used top aligned for many many years and find it so much more useful, i.e. when moving windows inbetween monitors and other day to day things. So if anyone know how to fix fix the issue let me know, otherwise I will have to weigh up which is more annoying, not having top aligned monitors or the menu appearing above where it should.

Thanks