Ubuntu
xsane package

After scanning, xsane display of image in FullScreen (default) does not play well with Compiz

Bug #157854 reported by Ari
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
compiz (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
xsane (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

After scanning, by default, xsane displays the image attempting to do some sort of maximized mode that does not play well with Compiz; it overlaps the gnome panel and offers no way of resizing the output window, which is very unfriendly to newbies. Some composite-based apps like AWN still display windows on top of it (so if xsane was attempting a "Full Screen mode" then something is wrong with it).

This can be "fixed" by doing xsane > Preferences > Setup > Display > uncheck "Main Window Size Fixed"

I think this was an unfortunate default choice; this is with Ubuntu 7.10; previous releases didn't have this problem.

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Charles Rosenvinge (charles-start) wrote :

I have unchecked "Main Window Size Fixed" but it still doesn't work.

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Omar Shami (bigfox) wrote :

I have noticed the same problem.

Unchecking "main Window size Fixed" doesn't help me ether.

Also, when trying to do anything in the viewer window that brings up a dialogue box such as closing without saving, the dialogue box hides behind the main viewer window.

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John Pham (jhnphm) wrote :

I also experience the problem of the viewer window appearing fullscreened when compiz is enabled without the ability to resize

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sam tygier (samtygier) wrote :

with gutsy and compiz.

also the window stays on top of any dialogs it creates, so to close you have do FIle->Close, then alt+tab to get to the you have not saved warning.

Changed in xsane:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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sam tygier (samtygier) wrote :

i am adding compiz to the bug, as it may be more of a compiz issue. it is at least some sort of regression in compiz compared to metacity.

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Ian M. Stewart (ims) wrote :

Workaround: Alt+Tab cycles through to the dialogue box which is asking for the save location. This permits the scan to be saved, and the over-large window closes, restoring control to the user.

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote :

Can you reproduce this with hardy?

Changed in compiz:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Ari (ari-reads) wrote :

The problem seems to be fixed in Hardy beta as of today.

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote :

Alright, thanks for the update.

Changed in compiz:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
Changed in xsane:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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CEB2nd (justfixit) wrote :

Unfortunately, the bug is present in the release of Hardy. I workaround it
by disabling visual effects - this causes the window to behave in a normal
manner.

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