OK, being the person who maintains this part of the stack, I'm going
to try and see what's going on here, because I see a number of factors
at play. So I have some questions to ask :)

1. First of all, is the problem you're describing that windows are
being created at a larger size than your screen size, and thus you
can't interact with the bottom of the window because it isn't
on-screen
2. Can you resize said windows to a *smaller* size at all (eg, by
using the resizable grip area on the top of the window)

Also, let me know the applications and the screen resolutions for
which this is a problem. I've got a lot of tasks on my list right now
but I'll try to get to this one within the next week.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:25 AM, GTriderXC <email address hidden> wrote:
> I managed to resize a window the way You wrote. I'm affraid 70-90% of users will not discover the solution You described above:/ You may mark it as solved though as I wrote I bet most of the users will not find a way to click their "OK" or "Cancel" button that will be out of the screen in the very hell. It is just the next reason why someone should create, explain and describe in Unity User's manual:/
> In none of the operating system I know windows are out of the screen by default. Every system opens windows fully on the screen no matter how minimized they will be and no matter how small the screen is.
>
> How about menu bar integration?
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/781329/+attachment/2169541/+files/zrzut_ekranu.png
> https://launchpadlibrarian.net/74104650/zrzut_ekranu.png
>
> That integrates with upper panel in a way that we are unable to see all the menu options?
> Should I report it as another bug or does anyone have also a solution for that thing?
>
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> Title:
>  Not maximazed windows are out of the screen, no open windows panel
>
> Status in Unity:
>  Incomplete
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  The problem is as shown on the attached screenshot of the Xchat that if the window is NOT maximized we are actually unable to change its size! As we can see on the screenshot the lower right corner of a window that allows us to change its size is out of the screen. This case is espacially annoying in Unity where we are not provided with the lower panel where we could see all of the open windows all the time and switch between them with a single click of a mouse button. I'd love to be able to see all of the open windows all the time. Not all of us work on netbooks and our screens are usually big enough to handle one more panel or launchbar that doesn't escape my view (hide) and doesn't let me wait to occur if it occurs at all cause there are often problems even with that.
>  I'm describing the problem of no panel with this bug cause it causes a lot of trouble espacially while working with graphics where we often have to FAST and OFTEN switch between several windows, big windows but not maximized. Switching between windows in Unity is a way full of pain. The fastest way is ALT+TAB but if there are 4, 6 or 11 windows open, alt+tab is not the fastest method either. The Unity programmers didn't think about it at all. I'd love to either have my lower GNOME (actually MS Windows - it exists since Win95 and nobody took it us away for 17years! The autohide function isn't default as in Unity!!!) panel back or have the possibility of seeing the launchbar all the time! I certainly do NOT want it to hide and I think milions of people who work with more than 3 windows at a time would like to see it as well!
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