Unity: a big part of many dialogs go outside of the vertical area of the screen on displays

[Omer Akram]

Binary package hint: compiz

This is a regression in compiz from Maverick as this was not a problem in Maverick.

when you open the "Open" dialog in chromium its vertical height is so much that much of it goes outside of the screen. In the same way when you start gimp for the first time on a netbook the its toolbars go outside the screen height even they can be resized to reduce their height. I have attached a few screenshots for example.

This happens with resolutions with height less than or equal to 800px (and maybe other resolutions too).

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[Omer Akram (om26er)]

I think this as a real problem since 600px screen height is a common case.

[skalka (skalka)]

It occurs on a normal laptop too, on mine at least. I've attached a screenshot that shows Gimp placement on opening, it's really annoying.

[skalka (skalka)]

I forgot to mention that my vertical resolution is 800 pixels.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

It seems the issue still exists in Oneiric as reported in the duplicate bug report. I can't test it right now as I dont have my hands on such a screen resolution now/

[Stéphane Guillou (stephane-guillou)]

This is still a problem in Precise.
I can confirm that I often have to maximise dialogues in order to see the bottom buttons on my netbook (Samsung N310 with 1024×600 display).

[Rafael Belmonte (eaglescreen)]

Bug #889854 is a duplicate of this.

[bash321 (bash321)]

This bug is annoying. It doesn't just occur for netbook users it occurs for people with low resolution displays as well.
It would be great if it were fixed.
Still occurs in quantal 12.10 beta 2.
1680x1050
It occurs not only in libreoffice. But I think it happens on all open and save dialogs that occur for programs in ubuntu.
Is there a way where the window decoration remembers to just auto maximise. As every time these dialogues do not fit on my screen and I have to manually maximise them.

[Stéphane Guillou (stephane-guillou)]

This is still a problem in Quantal up-to-date. Lots of netbook and low-resolution display users are left out here.

[Raoul Verveer (lazy-r)]

From a duplicate, Bug #774254 :

I have worked around this by installing compizconfig-settings-manager and enabling the "Window Rules" plugin. You can make a rule "type=Dialog" for "Maximize". Now all Dialog windows are opened maximized. You could also make a "Size Rule" to have dialoges opened at a fixed size.

This workaround is far from perfect, because it also affects the file save dialog from Firefox, among others which is very ugly. But at least all buttons and filetype options are always visible.

I noticed this bug is marked as medium and isn't assigned to anyone as of yet. I think the priority should be 'high', because vital functionality is hidden from the screen and the only way to make it visible is to maximize the dialog window, or move it with Alt+mouse-drag.

[ekot (ekot)]

I also think this should be high, it happens for me on 1366x768 display and sometimes you cannot resize the window and even after maximizing buttons at the bottom are not visible

[bash321 (bash321)]

Will redo bug report in one week hopefully can be fixed for raring.

On Sunday, 2 December 2012, ekot <email address hidden> wrote:

> I also think this should be high, it happens for me on 1366x768 display
> and sometimes you cannot resize the window and even after maximizing
> buttons at the bottom are not visible
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[Ljeloudev-3 (ljeloudev-3)]

Dialog box window sizes (mainly open dialog box and save dialog box)
Gtk window placement is not remembering size when it is an open or save dialog window on a normal monitor for a computer running ubuntu.
Problem:
1. Open the open dialog on libreoffice.
2. Window overlaps off screen. Does not fit on screen.
3. Click the maximise button and the window adjusts as a maximised window that fits on the screen.
4. Close window.
5. Open window again.
6. Same problem overlaps on screen does not remember that it was in a maximised state when I closed it from last time.
7. Have to click maximise again!

What it needs to do:
1. The 2nd window should remember where it was in a maximised state (not overlap when i open it again) as I had left it when I had closed the 1st window.
2. Window open and save dialog s should remember there state no matter how they are adjusted.

I have filed a gtk bug.
My response so far is that it is a Ubuntu problem.

What I think is happening:
The open and save dialog window knows that it needs to be at a resolution as it was before... And that is what it is directly doing. But, What the window needs to do though is to be told when it is opened to go to that size and resolution but to also go back into maximise mode as I had left it before.

Links:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...iz/+bug/760645 launchpad bug:
Bug filed with gtk developer: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685347
Screenshots in both links of what is going wrong.

I have had this problem with many versions of ubuntu since 10.04.. Earlier. It would be great if it could be fixed... still happens in quantal 12.10.

It is quite annoying when the dialog doesn't remember its position or fits on the screen??

occurs from libreoffice 3.5 and onwards......

[Jmadero-dev (jmadero-dev)]

Changing version to 3.5 as Version reflects the earliest version that we see the problem and reporter has said 3.5 onwards

Also changing priority as CRITICAL is overstating the issue.

@Reporter - Critical is intended for bugs that result in crashes, data loss, etc...

[julien2412 (serval2412-6)]

Michael: on pc Debian x86-64 with master sources updated today + Gnome/unity, I can't even change the size of Open dialog window. Any idea about this tracker?
I don't know if it depends on the env only, LO only or a mix of both

[Ljeloudev-3 (ljeloudev-3)]

I know that when you set CCSM to maximise windows specifically for the open dialog box window in libreoffice, you cannot resize the window because it has manually been set to maximise everytime it is opened.
to solve that problem of not resizing the window would be to untick or disable maximise windows in CompizConfigSettings Manager, to be able to resize windows again.

[Ljeloudev-3 (ljeloudev-3)]

Bug has partially been resolved in LO 4.0.0.3.
Version 4.0.0.3 (Build ID: 7545bee9c2a0782548772a21bc84a9dcc583b89)
Ubuntu 13.04 Raring 64 Bit.

Open Dialogue Window does not overlap any more when checkbox is checked in CompizConfigSettings manager for maximised windows under the Window Rules Option.

The WIndow is fully maximised with Unity Integration in LibreOffice, and it remembers its maximised state in the application.

The problem is that this only occurs when it is checked using CompizConfigSettings Manager, can this now be constructed as being the default process for Open and Save Dialogue windows that are maximised in Ubuntu?
Without having to check the maximised windows option in CompizConfigSettings Manager, so that they may have full unity integration on the display monitor.
I would also like to escalate this query to other programs within Ubuntu, as it has the same maximise issue for open and save dialogue windows in programs such as Rhythmbox, and Evince Document Viewer.
It is a common bug on Ubuntu Systems with Unity.

[Michael Meeks (michael-meeks)]

> I would also like to escalate this query to other programs within Ubuntu,
> as it has the same maximise issue for open and save dialogue windows
> in programs such as Rhythmbox, and Evince Document Viewer.
> It is a common bug on Ubuntu Systems with Unity.

If this affects other apps - and indeed we really use a pretty bog-standard / plain-and-simple Gtk+ file picker with only some LibreOffice API wrappers around it - then this is clearly a Unity bug and not a LibreOffice bug.

So in the absence of any better data => NOTOURBUG.

Thanks !

[Bfo-bugmail (bfo-bugmail)]

*** Bug 55600 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[bash321 (bash321)]

It is a common bug on Ubuntu Systems with any version of UNITY installed.

This is still an occurance on the latest development release of Ubuntu Saucy and it should be RESOLVED ASAP. As there is clearly a design error with gtk+ integration the file manager and open and save dialog windows running on any gtk+ program in Ubuntu.

[Ljeloudev-3 (ljeloudev-3)]

I can hopefully find someone that can resolve this bug.

ljelly.

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

Status changed to 'Triaged' because the bug is:

- Valid.
- Well described.
- Reported in the upstream bug tracker (Launchpad).
- Ready to be worked on by a developer.

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

This has been likely fixed long time ago. Closing.

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

If you are still experiencing this bug, please set status back to "confirmed".