| 2021-02-25 13:46:47 |
Nguyễn Xuân Minh |
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| 2021-02-25 14:00:34 |
Nguyễn Xuân Minh |
bug |
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added subscriber Lubuntu Packages Team |
| 2021-02-25 20:34:05 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
bug watch added |
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http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5946 |
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| 2021-02-25 20:34:26 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
bug task added |
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openbox (Ubuntu) |
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| 2021-02-25 20:34:35 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
openbox (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2021-05-29 14:05:00 |
Launchpad Janitor |
obconf-qt (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2021-05-29 14:05:10 |
Sai Vinoba |
bug |
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added subscriber Sai Vinoba |
| 2022-07-07 03:07:33 |
Chris Guiver |
openbox (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Incomplete |
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| 2022-07-07 03:07:37 |
Chris Guiver |
obconf-qt (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Incomplete |
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| 2024-03-21 00:06:05 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
bug task deleted |
openbox (Ubuntu) |
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| 2024-03-21 00:06:14 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
obconf-qt (Ubuntu): status |
Incomplete |
In Progress |
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| 2024-03-21 00:07:04 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
summary |
Option has no effect and reset itself |
Center windows option has no effect |
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| 2024-03-21 00:09:49 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
obconf-qt (Ubuntu): milestone |
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jammy-updates |
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| 2024-03-21 00:09:51 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
obconf-qt (Ubuntu): assignee |
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ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl) |
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| 2024-03-21 00:10:08 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
obconf-qt (Ubuntu): importance |
Undecided |
Medium |
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| 2024-03-21 00:10:47 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
tags |
amd64 apport-bug groovy |
amd64 apport-bug jammy |
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| 2024-03-22 19:31:29 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
description |
The checkbox "Center new windows when they are placed" doesn't seem to do anything and reset itself when I close obconf-qt. When I change other options, the file .config/openbox/lxqt-rc.xml get changed but the element openbox_conf.placement.center doesn't.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: obconf-qt 0.15.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Thu Feb 25 20:34:38 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-18 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
SourcePackage: obconf-qt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) |
[ Impact ]
* The configuration manager for Openbox, obconf-qt, has an option to center new windows. In versions previous to 1.6.2, the checkbox had no effect and would appear unchecked when reopening the application. There's no error, but a silent failure.
* To make matters more confusing, the default settings for Lubuntu, where Openbox is the default window manager, include setting the related setting to on. In other words, the default behavior is to center the windows, but when you look at the configuration manager, it does not appear to be the case.
* In addition, the function is maybe not what one would intuitively expect. It does not center every window, but prefers to place windows in the center if free space is available. So the first window will be centered, but if a second one is placed, it will open in the periphery. This will continue until the full space is occupied and then windows will open again in the center and the cycle repeats.
* These three factors make for a really confusing experience for the end user.
* The delta is very small, merely adding in an on toggled event.
[ Test Plan ]
* To reproduce the bug:
1. Use a Lubuntu Jammy ISO
2. Inspect the default configuration file /etc/xdg/xdg-Lubuntu/openbox/rc.xml and note that the <center> tag under <placement> is set to "yes."
3. Note that a local configuration file ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml does not exist
4. Open obconf-qt (see Preferences → LXQt Settings → Openbox Settings)
5. Click on the Windows tab on the left
6. Note that "Center new windows when placed" is unchecked
7. Check the check box and hit close
8. Note that the default configuration file is unchanged but a new local configuration file is created where <center> is set to "yes"
9. Open the Windows tab in obconf-qt again and note that the check box is still unchecked
10. Check and uncheck the box (which should set center to "no")
11. Note that the <center> tag is still set to "yes" in the local configuration
* To test the fix
1. Use a Lubuntu Jammy ISO
2. Install the new version of obconf-qt
3. Remembering that centering is the default in the configuration file and the buggy version shows that it is not checked, open obconf-qt and note that now the option *is* checked
4. Uncheck the box
5. Inspect the local configuration file and note that <center> is now set to "no"
[ Where problems could occur ]
* Honestly, I think the only problem that could occur is that, based on the string description of the setting, users may expect all new windows to open in the center. That certainly is what it is described, but it's not the case. In fact, even the comment in the configuration file, while being slightly more descriptive, is still not exactly correct ("whether to place windows in the center of the free area found or the top left corner").
[ Other Info ]
* One additional part to the upload is an update to the watch file. In an ideal world, the SRU wouldn't have included this, but it was necessary to use uscan to download the source. It will have no negative effect. |
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| 2024-03-22 21:43:16 |
Ubuntu Archive Robot |
bug |
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added subscriber Aaron Rainbolt |
| 2024-03-29 15:09:15 |
ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі |
summary |
Center windows option has no effect |
[SRU] Center windows option has no effect |
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| 2024-04-10 04:03:59 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
obconf-qt (Ubuntu Jammy): status |
New |
Fix Committed |
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| 2024-04-10 04:04:00 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2024-04-10 04:04:05 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
bug |
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added subscriber SRU Verification |
| 2024-04-10 04:04:09 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
tags |
amd64 apport-bug jammy |
amd64 apport-bug jammy verification-needed verification-needed-jammy |
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| 2024-04-10 04:04:21 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
obconf-qt (Ubuntu): status |
In Progress |
Fix Released |
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