https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451853
Bug ID: 451853
Summary: window edge resize grab handles: off-screen
Product: kwin
Version: 5.23.4
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: p...@pfortin.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY [This is my best guess at product/component.]
This issue is minor; but aggravating. Three of four window resize grab handles
are off-screen when a window is against a screen edge. Only the top grab
handle is available.
When a new window opens with one or more edges against a screen edge, the
resize handle is not available because the handle's grab area is just off
screen. This is true for left, bottom and right; top handle can be grabbed when
window edge is at screen top.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open any window
2. if it is against left, bottom or right screen edges, the window cannot be
resized from that edge. (Bottom issue is obvious on non-primary screen; on main
screen, bottom edge against taskbar often results in tooltips popping up)
3.
OBSERVED RESULT [Below was originally written using fixed-width font.]
The "grab" area is just outside the window geometry. Maximized was referenced
only to say that is not part of the issue:
- move the window if not maximized
- if maximized, restore and likely still have to move the window
So, when the window edge aligns with the screen edge, the hot zone is outside
the screen area and not available.
Maybe this was not clear enough, or I should have avoided mentioning anything
about maximized... Let me try a graphic representation:
Using left screen edge as representative for left, bottom & right...
Window not quite at edge:
||
<o> Cursor changes to 'grab'||
||
Window at edge:
|
|\ Cursor can't reach grab's "hot" area
|
Greatly expanded:
| grab |<== window edge
screen edge==>| area | window almost at edge
| ~10px |
| <o> | <== cursor changes from \ to <o>
| <=|=== grab area within which cursor changes
| |
screen edge==>|<== window edge
| grab |
| area | window AT edge
| ~10px |
| <=|=== grab area within which cursor can't go
Also, when trying to hit the grab area, user has to consciously move cursor
*outside* the window boundaries which is non-intuitive.
The "hot" zone should straddle/be centered over the window edge:
screen edge==>|<== window edge
| gr|ab |
| ar|ea | window AT edge
|~10|px |
| | |
Now, the hot zone is available and intuitive.
HTH
The only workarounds are:
- move the window if not maximized
- if maximized, restore and likely still have to move the window
EXPECTED RESULT
Rather than being being just outside, the grab handles should be just inside
the window edges.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Mageia 9
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.88.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.16.14-server-1.mga9 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 20 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700K
Memory: 62.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See also https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30154
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