[gutsy] evince opens taller than the screen, hangs off the bottom

[Matthew Nuzum]

Binary package hint: evince

Usually when I open large PDFs, the Evince window is so tall that I can't see the bottom of it (see attached screenshot). This also means I can't click the bottom scroll bar arrow. Its hard for me to tell how tall the window is... it seems to be more than just the height of the panel, but I could be wrong... maybe evince calculates the full screen width causing it to be off by the height of the panel.

I'm using the latest on Gutsy. I believe it's v 2.6.20.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug. Do you use the desktop effects option? Could you attach an example?

[Matthew Nuzum (newz)]

On 9/27/07, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for your bug. Do you use the desktop effects option? Could you
> attach an example?

Yes, the desktop effects are enabled. Do you need another example or
is the one I included already enough?
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[zdzichu (zdzichu-gmail)]

I'm seeing this issue with up-to-date Feisty. Desktop Effects enabled.

[zdzichu (zdzichu-gmail)]

Some more information: screen size is 1440x900. Freshly mapped, too tall Evince info (xwinifo):
Absolute upper-left X: 5
  Absolute upper-left Y: 48
  Relative upper-left X: 5
  Relative upper-left Y: 48
  Width: 1269
  Height: 900
[...]
  Corners: +5+48 -166+48 -166--48 +5--48
  -geometry 1269x900+5+48

Evince chooses win height as MIN from requested by document and screen size. In this case Evince got 900 px tall. And this is from upper edge of menu bar to lower edge of status bar. That's real, usable window size.
But it's moved by 48px. Why? Because at the top of screen there is 24px tall panel. And window title bar, drawn by gtk-window-decorator, is 24px tall also.
I don't now if Evince can check for ,,usable'' screen height and use this dimensions instead of ,,total'' screen height. Maybe there is some GTK call. It would be nice to get some Evince developer comment at this bug.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

To get upstream developer comment the bug should be sent on bugzilla.gnome.org

[zdzichu (zdzichu-gmail)]

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486842

[Zach (uid000)]

This bug is marked incomplete--what remains before it can be updated to confirmed?

[Raptor45 (raptor405-deactivatedaccount)]

This makes reading PDFs very frustrating. Any news on a fix?

[Von (daaxix)]

I want to also confirm this bug. I am using Evince 2.20.1. I am running Ubuntu 7.10 with Compiz-Fusion enabled on an Nvidia 7100GS. I am using AWM and no bottom panel in my gnome desktop. I have the Desktop Effect "Place" enabled. It appears to be hanging off the bottom of the screen by about 50-60 pixels. My AWM height is 48 pixels and my top panel height is 24 pixels.

[Ryan Thompson (rct86)]

This seems to be fixed in Intrepid, but perhaps this is simply because Evince seems to remember size and position between runs.

[Marja Erwin (marja-e)]

Also a bug in Maverick and Natty. There is no longer an option to disable Desktop Effects in Classic, so that 'fix' is gone.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Not reproducible in Trusty.