Ah, after testing this further the problem was really a corrupted config. Running rm -r ~/.config/vlc seemed to fix this problem for all versions of vlc.
** Changed in: xfce4-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005175 Title: XFCE panel don't hide when VLC in fullsceen mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-panel/+bug/1005175/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs