Windows don't resize as grip is dragged (Compiz default resizing is Rectangle rather than Normal)

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Problem occurs with: Ubuntu 7.10, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, Ocelot alpha 2
Does not occur with: Ubuntu 7.04 and earlier (or any version running Metacity), Windows 95 and later, Mac OS X 10.0 and later, Gnome Shell

1. Install Ubuntu on a machine for which Compiz is installed by default.
2. Restart into Ubuntu, and open a window.
3. Hold down the mouse or touchpad button on the window's resize area, and move the pointer.

What happens: A brown or orange rectangle appears, at the size the window will be, until you release the button.
What should happen: The window resizes as you drag.

Workaround: http://superuser.com/questions/239397/how-do-i-turn-on-live-window-resizing-in-ubuntu-10-10

This bug is apparently blocked by bug 803296. The equivalent problem was fixed for Xubuntu in bug 749665.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I dare say this is not a bug. The default compiz settings are chosen this way. They are working as designed. But I agree it would be nice for the default compiz Resize method to change to Normal in a future release.

Note however bug 803296 where the "Normal" resize method is currently extremely slow in compiz 0.9.4. That bug is one good reason for Resize behaving how it does.

[Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden> wrote:
> I dare say this is not a bug. The default compiz settings are chosen
> this way. They are working as designed. But I agree it would be nice for
> the default compiz Resize method to change to Normal in a future
> release.
>
> Note however bug 803296 where the "Normal" resize method is currently
> extremely slow in compiz 0.9.4. That bug is one good reason for Resize
> behaving how it does.
>

Normal resize is only slow on the binary nvidia driver and on intel
cards. It's fast everywhere else (nouveau, radeonhd)

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[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Conversation about performance continues in --> bug 803296

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Note: this is a downstream Ubuntu enhancement request. Upstream compiz still defaults to Normal, despite bug 803296.

[Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)]

OK, "Normal" has now been enabled by default in Ubuntu. See (duplicate) bug #1281370.