WIndows Snapping Broken In Ubuntu
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayatana Design |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| Compiz |
Opinion
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I am a writer at need a text editor window open next to my research material, which could be a site or eBook. Under KDE or ther OSes I can easily snap windows towards right or left and then compose while read. Under Ubuntu it's broken:
1. open firefox and try to snap it to left/right
2. Now hit the maximize button to maximize the windows
--> instead of maximizing the window resizes and becomes smaller. You have to hit maximize button again to maximize it.
3. Now hit the maximize button again so that it can snap to the side as you wanted it earlier, instead of snapping it once again resizes.
This is not ideal behaviour and has been in Ubuntu since Unity
Problem 2
Applications like Gedit doen't even snap. You you grab and move to edge no snapping is offered.
| Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in compiz: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Opinion |
| MC Return (mc-return) wrote | #2 |
Using the maximize button to restore a semi-maximized window is our preferred option right now, unless someone adds a separate "restore" button.
The alternative solution would be to make the maximize button cycle through:
Semi -> Maximized -> Restored -> Maximized
instead of the current:
Semi -> Restored -> Maximized -> Restored
Which is better is a matter of opinion so I'll ask design.
Workaround: Drag the window titlebar to the top of the screen and it will always be maximized. This already works for semi-maximized windows.