Can't add proccessor usage to the bar

[kiuyha]

Has this issue been covered in the Wiki?

• I have read the Wiki and my issue is not covered.

Is there an existing issue reported already?

• I have searched the existing issues, it does not exist.

What is the unexpected behavior?

I try to add processor usage to the bar, but every time i click it. It just close the menu and not adding the icon, All the other sensor okay when be adding except for processor.

Screencast.From.2025-06-02.00-07-25.mp4

Steps to reproduce the unexpected behavior.

1. Go to the bar
2. Click the bar
3. Click the processor

Relevant log output

What distribution and version of Linux are you using?

Cachy Os 1.01

What version of Gnome are you using?

48

[corecoding]

@kiuyha Can you try disabling your other Gnome extensions, log out/in and try again? The issue I believe is that the Processor section has a lot of items, and if it could be displayed, it would scroll because your screen may be too small to show the entire menu. If I recall correctly, there is another gnome extension that is making Vitals act this way.

[kiuyha]

@corecoding Thanks, I tried to disable other extensions. I found the extensions that cause it. It seems the one is Dash to Panel by @jderose9 and @charlesg99

[sintel-be]

Have the same experience using "App Icons Taskbar" - so is this an issue on these extensions side, or will an update on vitals fix it? To understand if it makes sense to create an issue on their side.

[corecoding]

The issue is that when you have enough items in a menu dropdown which requires scrolling. I believe I duplicated the issue with Dash to Panel and Clipboard Indicator. Any extension that allows a user to build a large scrollable menu dropdown should show the same behavior. When I found this out I was certain it wasn't Vitals. Vitals itself has much more code around grabbing the sensor values. When it comes to displaying a menu, it isn't doing anything out of the box.

[sintel-be]

Don't know if this helps to pin down where it needs to be fixed, but I just noticed that it's only an issue when the panel (and thus the extension) is at the bottom of the screen, and the menu is extended up instead of down.

Leaving all extensions enabled and configuration the same, and just changing the panel location to be at the top in "App Icons Taskbar", makes the dropdown show up again. This is evidently not the case with dash-to-panel though, given the issue opener video.

I also use Clipboard Indicator, but I couldn't replicate it yet with that extension. For me, after a certain vertical size is reached that is smaller than the height of the screen, it shows a scrollbar, but keeps working. Perhaps it is resolution/scale related for that extension, or it has been fixed.

Another piece of info that COULD be related - I'm on a high DPI screen and use 150% scaling.