I have a custom block defined as the following! this comes from the progressbar theme from http://recherche.noiraudes.net/fr/LaTeX.php
\newdimen\lengthone
\newcommand{\defblock}[1][]{
\defbeamertemplate*{block \ifx#1\@empty\else#1\space\fi begin}{progressbar theme}
{
%\rule{\textwidth}{2pt}
\lengthone=\textwidth
\advance\lengthone by -4mm
\setbox\progressbar@blockbox=\hbox to 1\textwidth\bgroup\vbox\bgroup
\vskip-0.25\baselineskip
\raggedright
\hspace{-2.4mm}
\begin{minipage}{\lengthone}
\ifx\insertblocktitle\@empty
\else
{\usebeamerfont{block title}\usebeamercolor[fg]{block title\ifx#1\@empty\else\space#1\fi}\insertblocktitle}\\[-0.3cm]% Just to be "babel-safe"
\tikz\draw[fg!20!bg] (0, 0) -- (\lengthone, 0);\par
%\vspace{-2mm}
\fi
\par
\usebeamerfont{block body\ifx#1\@empty\else\space#1\fi}
\ifx\insertblocktitle\@empty\else\global\let\itemize=\progressbar@itemize\fi
%\vphantom{y}
}
\defbeamertemplate*{block \ifx#1\@empty\else#1\space\fi end}{progressbar theme}
{
\vphantom{y}
\global\let\itemize=\progressbar@tempitemize
\end{minipage}
\vskip-0.25\baselineskip\egroup\egroup
\progressbar@boxwidth=\wd\progressbar@blockbox
%\advance\progressbar@boxwidth by 0.5\baselineskip
%\advance\progressbar@boxwidth by 5mm
\progressbar@boxheight=\ht\progressbar@blockbox
\advance\progressbar@boxheight by \dp\progressbar@blockbox
{
\parbox[t]{0cm}{
\usebeamercolor{block body\ifx#1\@empty\else\space#1\fi}
\tikz[baseline=(current bounding box.north)]{\draw[draw=fg!20!bg,fill=bg, rounded corners=2pt] (0, 0) rectangle (\progressbar@boxwidth, \progressbar@boxheight);}
}
}
{
\parbox[t]{0cm}{
\vskip0.5\baselineskip
\hfill{\box\progressbar@blockbox}\hfill
}
}
}
}
\defblock
When I make a frame in beamer with three identical Blocks in a Minipage like this the following comes out, that the first box looks completely wrong and the follwing look right with the right spacing... Does anybody see what can cause this strange effect?
\begin{frame}[t,fragile]
\frametitle{Ball on Curve}
\begin{flushright}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.7\textwidth}
\begin{block}{Frage und Ziel}
\begin{itemize}
\item<2-> Scheibe als \emph{ungebundenes} System formulieren.
\item<2-> Scheibe als \emph{ungebundenes} System formulieren.
\end{itemize}
\end{block}
\end{minipage}
\end{flushright}
\vspace{-\baselineskip}
\begin{flushright}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.7\textwidth}
\begin{block}{Frage und Ziel}
\begin{itemize}
\item<2-> Scheibe als \emph{ungebundenes} System formulieren.
\item<2-> Scheibe als \emph{ungebundenes} System formulieren.
\end{itemize}
\end{block}
\end{minipage}
\end{flushright}
\vspace{-\baselineskip}
\begin{flushright}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.7\textwidth}
\begin{block}{Frage und Ziel}
\begin{itemize}
\item<2-> Scheibe als \emph{ungebundenes} System formulieren.
\item<2-> Scheibe als \emph{ungebundenes} System formulieren.
\end{itemize}
\end{block}
\end{minipage}
\end{flushright}
\end{frame}



\ifx#1\@emptyare all wrong. It doesn't influence your setting, as you call\defblockwithout an optional argument, but\defblock[aachen]would result in\defbeamertemplate*{block chen begin}which is clearly unwanted. However, a MWE is needed. – egreg Jun 17 '12 at 22:33