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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: border (or frame??) missing on Konsole
From:       Stephen Dowdy <sdowdy () ucar ! edu>
Date:       2017-08-08 22:30:26
Message-ID: f00ae305-d452-e501-8d22-82a0b53b9720 () ucar ! edu
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On 08/08/2017 02:57 PM, FHDATA wrote:

> I am using KDE 4.4.14
> 
> I have my Scroll bar ... on the left side...
> 
> The right side has nothing so when I hover mouse
> to let say  stretch the window [horizontally] it's visually difficult (for my old \
> eyes) to spot the border (which does not really exist) 
> how can I get the border enabled on Konsole?

F,

I'm not sure if you are talking about the changes that cause the border to not be \
displayed when a window is bumped against a screen edge.  (the outer border used to \
be used as the "magnet" on a corner, but now the border is placed offscreen with the \
edge of window content being abutted to the screen edge)

The plasma developers argued this change based upon Fitt's Law \
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law) IIRC, though i don't know the exact \
argument that was used. (I personally am one of the detractors of that -- it should \
definitely be a user-controlled preference)

Anyway, as the KDE Window borders have always been WAY to small by default, i rarely \
use them, and instead you Mouse/Keyboard accelerators:

    <ALT> + <Right-Mouse-Button-Drag>

can be used Internally NEAR an edge or corner of a window to resize it.

    <ALT> + <Left-Mouse-Button-Drag>

moves a window.

So, just get within an inch of a corner of a konsole window with \
"<ALT><Right-Mouse-Button>" and drag the corner where you want.

In Plasma5 this is the ONLY way to resize the plasma panel popups (K-Launcher, \
notifications, etc), as there are no active edges/corners to grab :-( )

Now, instead if this is a window-rule you accidentally (or intentionally got setup):

    $ kcmshell4 --list | grep -i rules   (kshell5 --list | grep -i rules   # in \
plasma5)  should show you 'kwinrules'.
    $ kcmshell4 kwinrules
* kcmshell is a direct route to 'systemsettings' application, and kwinrules is same \
as title-bar Context (right-click) -> "More Actions" -> Window-Manager Settings -> \
"Window Rules" 

You probably would have a rule in there that had an override in 
   [Appearance and Fixes]
	[X] No titlebar and frame   [ Action Context ]  [X] Yes  [ ] No

--stephen


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