[snap] Chromium-Browser starts with unmaximized window

[Mickael Reis]

Chromium browser by default start with an unmaximized window in my Ubuntu system and I've to manually do maximize.
I have try to edit all desktop file I can edit to add --start-maximized option but it doesn't work ...
And i can't edit desktop file in /snap/chromium directory

Is it possible to modify desktop file with another way or snap package must be updated with this option ?

[Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio)]

Gnome Shell is supposed the last window state, either maximized or not,
and opens it accordingly. At least that is what I see when I

1. Open Chromium.
2. Make it {maximized, not maximized}.
3. Close it.
4. Open Chromium.
5. Verify that it is {maximized, not maximized}.

It also respects --start-maximized for the case that the window would
otherwise not be maximized.

Do you use the default Gnome desktop environment in Ubuntu? And what is
'snap info chromium' for you?

[Mickael Reis (b0r1sback)]

After I read your message, I tried to remove and purge chromium snap package and install it again but I have the same problem.
I use default Gnome desktop environment in Ubuntu and "snap info chromium" give me that :
<code>name: chromium
summary: Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome
publisher: Canonical✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/chromium
contact: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bugs?field.tag=snap
license: unset
description: |
  An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more
  stable way for all Internet users to experience the web.
commands:
  - chromium.chromedriver
  - chromium
snap-id: XKEcBqPM06H1Z7zGOdG5fbICuf8NWK5R
tracking: latest/stable
refresh-date: aujourd'hui à 01h50, heure des Rocheuses
channels:
  latest/stable: 119.0.6045.199 2023-12-04 (2704) 165MB -
  latest/candidate: 119.0.6045.199 2023-11-29 (2704) 165MB -
  latest/beta: 120.0.6099.56 2023-11-30 (2707) 166MB -
  latest/edge: 121.0.6129.0 2023-11-17 (2699) 167MB -
</code>

[Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio)]

What is 'type -a chromium' and 'lsb_release -a'? Do you use Gnome Shell
extensions? If you try some other window manager (e.g. icewm), does the
problem persist?

Am 05/12/2023 um 01:54 schrieb Mickael Reis:
> After I read your message, I tried to remove and purge chromium snap package and install it again but I have the same problem.
> I use default Gnome desktop environment in Ubuntu and "snap info chromium" give me that :
> <code>name: chromium
> summary: Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome
> publisher: Canonical✓
> store-url: https://snapcraft.io/chromium
> contact: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bugs?field.tag=snap
> license: unset
> description: |
> An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more
> stable way for all Internet users to experience the web.
> commands:
> - chromium.chromedriver
> - chromium
> snap-id: XKEcBqPM06H1Z7zGOdG5fbICuf8NWK5R
> tracking: latest/stable
> refresh-date: aujourd'hui à 01h50, heure des Rocheuses
> channels:
> latest/stable: 119.0.6045.199 2023-12-04 (2704) 165MB -
> latest/candidate: 119.0.6045.199 2023-11-29 (2704) 165MB -
> latest/beta: 120.0.6099.56 2023-11-30 (2707) 166MB -
> latest/edge: 121.0.6129.0 2023-11-17 (2699) 167MB -
> </code>
>

[Mickael Reis (b0r1sback)]

Hi,
thank you to try to help me.

this is the return of your commands :

type -a chromium
chromium est /snap/bin/chromium
chromium est /snap/bin/chromium

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 23.10
Release: 23.10
Codename: mantic

I'm just using this Gnome Shell extensions :
- Desktop icons NG(DING)
- Ubuntu AppIndicators
- Ubuntu Dock
- Ubuntu Tiling Assistant

I haven't install other window manager on my computer ... do you want I install one ?

[Mickael Reis (b0r1sback)]

Before The last Ubuntu upgrade (with Ubuntu 23.04), I had no problem like this