Moving windows between monitors with different scaling causes isues

[Petr Doležal]

When two displays are connected and one has a 200% scaling, moving apps between them results in several issues:

Apps that can actively scale (such as native Nautilus, Settings...):

 When dragging the window around, it automatically adjusts scaling based on on which of the monitors is the majority of the app (this is probably correct behaviour),

BUT when using keyboard shortcuts [Ctrl] + [Super] + ←/↑/↓/→, fullscreen windows jump around and scale correctly, but half-full screen apps (arranged by [Super] + ←/→) cannot go from the larger monitor to the smaller, they get stuck in the scaled-up version and don't fit on the smaller display.

Small non-maximized windows don't have this issue, possibly because when they first move in their scaled-up state, they do fit on the smaller monitor still, and only then are they scaled down.

Apps that don't support changes in scaling and only apply the new scaling on a relaunch (such as Chrome) don't have these issues, but they obviously have that other problem.

Description: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release: 20.04
mutter 3.36.9

What I expect:
Windows covering half a full screen, when moved to a different display with different scaling (using a keyboard), stay covering half a full screen.

What happens instead:
When moved to a display with higher scaling, this happens correctly, but when moved to a monitor with lower scaling, they get "stuck" on both monitors in their inflated state.
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-14 (658 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
Package: mutter 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-43.46~20.04.1-generic 5.15.39
Tags: focal wayland-session
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-43-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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[Petr Doležal (elkir)]

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[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thanks. This sounds like a problem with mutter's window constraints logic.

I would recommend that you:

1. Confirm the bug is still present in GNOME 42 (Ubuntu 22.04); and then

2. Report it upstream at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues

3. Tell us the new issue ID.