Unity

Unity maximizes windows that don't support resize on launch

Bug #769781 reported by Cameron Hart
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Unity
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Cameron Hart
Unity 3.8.14 "SRU1"
unity (Ubuntu)
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Natty
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Bug Description

Install unity 3.8.14 from natty-proposed. Then logout and login again in the session
Test case:
- Compile the attached test program
- Run the program with the following $ values replaced with values for your screen: ./test $width_of_screen $height_of_screen
-> Window should not maximise automatically as it has a maximium size set that is lower than the size it would be if it were maximised by unity

Unity automatically maximizes application windows that take up more that 75% of the screen when they are launched. It doesn't check the maximum size of the window when doing this. This means the window is undecorated but remains at its original size.

This is a problem for applications that don't support resizing like SDL windows if the SDL_RESIZABLE flag is not set.

Attached is a sample SDL program which demonstrates the problem.

I also found a memory leak in PluginAdapter::MaximizeIfBigEnough() when tracking this issue. win_wmclass is not freed if the method exits early.

See original description
Revision history for this message
Cameron Hart (bitshifternz) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Cameron Hart (bitshifternz) wrote :
Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Cameron Hart (bitshifternz)
Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Cameron Hart (bitshifternz)
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in unity:
milestone: none → 3.8.14
Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
description: updated
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.8.14-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity (3.8.14-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * New upstream bug-fix release.
    - In a dual monitor setup with different resolutions, Unity places windows
      in the "dead zone" (LP: #752098)
    - Left pixel of launcher is not clickable on session start (LP: #758026)
    - unity crashed with AttributeError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): 'str'
      object has no attribute 'get_string' (LP: #737320)
    - unity --reset crashes with NameError (LP: #774280)
    - Bottom icon on launcher tilts when it maybe shouldn't if icons fill
      launcher nearly exactly (LP: #728949)
    - Dodge active window - launcher should not show when modal dialog is
      opened (LP: #718185)
    - Unity maximizes windows that don't support resize on launch (LP: #769781)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in sigc::signal_base::impl() (LP: #762801)
    - inactive menus becomes brighter on sub-sequent clicks (LP: #733740)
    - Unity crashes when dynamic quicklist dbusmenu contains a hidden menuitem.
      (LP: #759174)
    - Opening quicklist with launcher keynav returns focus to previous window
      (LP: #750781)
    - window's title does not fade in the right position (LP: #722178)
  * debian/control:
    - depends on compiz for some people upgrading (LP: #773253)
  * debian/patches/01_add_scp_to_systray.patch:
    - remove, upstream now
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 26 May 2011 17:41:14 +0200

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Please test proposed package

Accepted unity into natty-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in unity (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

I've followed the test case and can confirm that this works fine now with the proposed package, marking this as verification-done, thanks all.

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.8.14-0ubuntu1~natty1

---------------
unity (3.8.14-0ubuntu1~natty1) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream bug-fix release.
    - In a dual monitor setup with different resolutions, Unity places windows
      in the "dead zone" (LP: #752098)
    - Left pixel of launcher is not clickable on session start (LP: #758026)
    - unity crashed with AttributeError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): 'str'
      object has no attribute 'get_string' (LP: #737320)
    - unity --reset crashes with NameError (LP: #774280)
    - Bottom icon on launcher tilts when it maybe shouldn't if icons fill
      launcher nearly exactly (LP: #728949)
    - Dodge active window - launcher should not show when modal dialog is
      opened (LP: #718185)
    - Unity maximizes windows that don't support resize on launch (LP: #769781)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in sigc::signal_base::impl() (LP: #762801)
    - inactive menus becomes brighter on sub-sequent clicks (LP: #733740)
    - Unity crashes when dynamic quicklist dbusmenu contains a hidden menuitem.
      (LP: #759174)
    - Opening quicklist with launcher keynav returns focus to previous window
      (LP: #750781)
    - window's title does not fade in the right position (LP: #722178)
  * debian/control:
    - depends on compiz for some people upgrading (LP: #773253)
  * debian/patches/01_add_scp_to_systray.patch:
    - remove, upstream now
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 26 May 2011 17:41:14 +0200

Changed in unity (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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