Ubuntu
sugar-0.88 package

Sugar emulator should start in fullscreen mode

Bug #614388 reported by Dipankar Patro
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
sugar-0.88 (Ubuntu)
In Progress
Undecided
Dipankar Patro

Bug Description

Bug Description:
When the system resolution is changed to 800x600, and the emulator is ran, the emulator window is pushed down out of visible area. This leads to a situation where the bottom portion of the emulator is not visible.

This is a specific issue that only happens because the emulator resolution is the same at the monitor resolution.

Probable reason:
The task panels of Ubuntu and title bar of emulator window, are pushing the window downward, leaving reduced visible space for sugar.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Set the system resolution to 800x600.
2. Start the emulator.
3. Some portion from bottom in Sugar is not visible.

See original description
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Dipankar Patro (dipankar-patro) wrote :
Changed in sugar-0.88 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Dipankar Patro (dipankar-patro)
status: New → Fix Committed
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: patch
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Mohamed Amine Ilidrissi (ilidrissi.amine) wrote :

Please don't mark bugs as "Fix Committed" when you have a patch. For more information, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status.

Changed in sugar-0.88 (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → New
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Mohamed Amine Ilidrissi (ilidrissi.amine) wrote :

Sugar is opening in fullscreen mode when I set the screen resolution to 640x480 (Running Maverick). Besides, the -f option will always run xserver-xephyr in full-screen mode, which is an unexcepted behaviour (If I wanted to run Sugar in full-screen mode, I would start it via gdm).

tags: added: patch-rejected
removed: patch
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Marking as Won't fix per previous comment.

Changed in sugar-0.88 (Ubuntu):
assignee: Dipankar Patro (dipankar-patro) → nobody
status: New → Won't Fix
Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in sugar-0.88 (Ubuntu):
status: Won't Fix → New
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David Farning (dfarning) wrote :

When considering rejecting this patch please consider the target audience -- 1st through 3rd graders.

1) From a usability Point of View logging out and logging back in may be a viable option for adults, that is no longer appropriate for children.
2) When discussing expected behavior -- the expected behavior for applications targeted towards young children is to open full screen to remove unnecessary distractions.

Changed in sugar-0.88 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → David Farning (dfarning)
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Mohamed Amine Ilidrissi (ilidrissi.amine) wrote :

You made a good point. Maybe we should create two desktop entries: one for full screen and one for not full screen?

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Thomas C Gilliard (satellit-) wrote :

add a desktop Icon for Sugar-emulator labelled "SUGAR-Full screen" and add -f to command line properties
Use Education/sugar from menu for normal windowed sugar

My use case

Manu Sheel Gupta (manu-seeta)
Changed in sugar-0.88 (Ubuntu):
assignee: David Farning (dfarning) → nobody
assignee: nobody → Manu Sheel Gupta (manu-seeta)
David Farning (dfarning)
Changed in sugar-0.88 (Ubuntu):
assignee: Manu Sheel Gupta (manu-seeta) → Dipankar Patro (dipankar-patro)
Dipankar Patro (dipankar-patro)
description: updated
Dipankar Patro (dipankar-patro)
Changed in sugar-0.88 (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
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