[kwlug-disc] Application UI different on XFCE than on KDE

Khalid Baheyeldin kb at 2bits.com
Mon Jul 24 16:11:38 EDT 2017


On 7/24/17, Chris Irwin <chris at chrisirwin.ca> wrote:
> Is the window re-sizable? Can you ALT+drag the window to reach the bottom
> buttons as a workaround?

No.

I press Alt, then right click the mouse, the corner 'gripper' appears
but moving it does nothing to that window.

It does resize left/right, but not up/down.

Same if I use the window menu, then Resize.

> My initial thought (without looking at the source) are that qt asks to
> create a dialog sized HxW, but Kwin actually sizes it smaller due to screen
> real-estate. XFCE will just create the window as requested, even if it
> doesn't fit on the screen.

Bummer!

> Both are correct behaviours, depending on lines of thought.




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