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kdesdk package

Kate (KDE4) replace resizes window

Bug #193063 reported by Asa Ayers
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KDE Software Development Kit
Fix Released
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kdesdk (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kate-kde4

I've been using KDE4 kate in gnome (4:4.0.1-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1) and if I press Ctrl+R to replace some text the window is resized wider than my screen. If kate was maximized one side lines lines up with my screen while the other side hangs off my monitor. Clicking the mouse anywhere in the window causes the window to switch so the opposite side hangs off my screen. If the window is not maximized I can resize the window, but I can only make it larger. If it makes a difference I'm running kate in gnome. This started happening after KDE4.0.1 was released in the PPA.

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

What display resolution are you using?

Changed in kdesdk-kde4:
status: New → Incomplete
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Asa Ayers (asa-ayers) wrote :

1280x1024 dual monitors (so 2048x1024 total)

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Asa Ayers (asa-ayers) wrote :

I put the wrong total down in my last post, its really 2560x1024. When the window resizes it becomes approximately 1920 pixels wide, when it alligns with the right side of my right monitor it still takes about 1/2 of my left screen.

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Asa Ayers (asa-ayers) wrote :

I just edited my ~/.kde4/share/config/katerc and removed my Search Pattern History and Replacement Text History and it works now. The problem was that when Kate creates the replace dialog at the bottom of the window, the drop down is made wide enough for the longest search or replace you've ever done.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open Kate
2. Press Ctrl+R to get the search and replace options
3. search for a very long sentence that doesn't fit within the search field.
4. close and reopen kate
5. When you press Ctrl+R the window will expand wide enough to fit your entire search into the drop down at the bottom. You can make the window wider, but not smaller.

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Reproduced.
It would be very kind of you, if you could file this issue on http://bugs.kde.org and post the URL here, since everyone in our bugsquad is currently busy with shaping up for Ubuntu 8.04 :)

Changed in kdesdk-kde4:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Asa Ayers (asa-ayers) wrote :

The upstream bug is http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159954

Harald Sitter (apachelogger)
Changed in kdesdk:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
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Changed in kdesdk:
status: Unknown → New
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Still a problem with KDE 4.1. Also switching over to the package's new home @ kdesdk.

Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
Changed in kdesdk:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Fixed in KDE 4.2 beta1, released to Jaunty. (Also to kubuntu-experimental ppa for Intrepid)

Changed in kdesdk:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Changed in kdesdk:
status: New → Fix Released
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Changed in kdesdk:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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