Settings window becomes broken and unresponsive when changing display scale, sometimes

[beadon]

I might need help routing this to the correct project.

gnome-display-properties I believe is the application in foreground. I was using it normally, then switched the screen resolution scale to 100% (down from 200%). I had a Chrome window open which now had the inner icons shrunk, but not the boundaries of the window. So I moved the chrome window around, and noticed this corruption / tearing.

The video is interesting because I believe it is telling us that the boundaries of the window are not (re?)set properly for the gnome-display-properties when display scale is applied.

Is this what you see in the video too ?

ProblemType: Bug
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[beadon (bryant-eadon)]

attached file.

Timeout was received for the file upload. Attaching a vimeo link instead.

https://vimeo.com/790229569

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I experience this bug occasionally too. For me the workaround is to find the invisible close button in the old window and just close the Settings app. I suppose Alt+F4 might work too? Then just open the Settings app again.