Toggle-maximize-vertically/horiz fully maximzes (REGRESSION)

[jimav]

Double-clicking a window title-bar now fully-maximizes the window, even though the action is set to "Toggle Maximize Vertically" or "Toggle Maximize Horizontally".

In other words, those options now behave just like "Toggle Maximize".

This problem started after I upgraded from Ubuntu 18.10 (gnome-shell 3.30?) to Ubuntu 19.04 (gnome-shell 3.32.1).

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

1. Run gnome-tweaks
2. Click "Window Titlebars" in left menu panel
3. Set "Titlebar Actions ... Double-Click" to "Toggle Maximize Vertically"
4. Double-click a gnome-terminal titlebar

RESULTS: WIndow maximizes fully (fills entire screen)

EXPECTED RESULTS: Maximize in vertical direction only.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.32.1-1ubuntu1~19.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-21.22-generic 5.0.15
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jul 25 22:53:16 2019
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-05 (477 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Beta amd64 (20180403.1)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-07-26 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Almir Campos (almircampos-e)]

Any "guestimate" about the solution? Thanks.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Sounds related to bug 1698083

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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[Fred Drake (fdrake)]

This isn't working in 20.04 either, so should remain open.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I suspect this will turn out to be a duplicate of bug 1698083, regardless of the clicking method employed.

[Fred Drake (fdrake)]

For the record, I'm running Xorg.

Are there any diagnostics we can run to determine if these are the same?

This is a long-standing bug. While it may seem insignificant, it does impact daily workflow for those of us who find maximize-vertically to be useful.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

This upstream bug:

  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/539

mentions double clicking. And that bug is linked from bug 1698083. So I will generalize this into bug 1698083.

[jimav (james-avera)]

Something is strange here: That upstream bug is 5+ years old, yet this problem appeared in Ubuntu at most 3 years ago (vertical resize worked in Ubuntu 18.10)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Yes, regressions can occur multiple times (sadly) and/or can be observed in different circumstances with multiple different root causes.

I agree we're now talking about a regression that occurred after Ubuntu 18.04 but it's not worth starting a new upstream bug when they already know about it, and continued to acknowledge it in the past year.

[Walter Daems (daems)]

Still not solved in Ubuntu 20.10.