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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KWM::setWindowRegion()
From:       Timothy Whitfield <timothy () ametro ! net>
Date:       1999-04-01 12:31:13
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I don't know if this has been fixed yet or not, but in the version I am
running, even the new windows tend to pop up with titlebar under the second
line of the taskbar. I have gotten used the wonderful right-click menu that can
be invoked by right-clicking the window frame in order to move windows.
At this minute, this kmail-composer is this way as a matter of fact.  As kde
becomes better and better I find myself more and more with > 1 line of taskbar.
Almost all the time now.

Timothy

On Thu, 01 Apr 1999, Pietro Iglio wrote:
> There is an annoying bug in KDE 1.1 and I don't know whether it should be
> fixed in kpanel or in the window manager.
> 
> BUG:
> When the number of taskbar rows increases (adding or removing a
> window), some existing windows can be partially covered by the taskbar.
> This is particularly annoying if you keep the taskbar at the top of the
> desktop, because you cannot access the window's titlebar (the taskbar cannot
> be covered by a regular window, it is always on top).
> 
> To address this problem, when KWM::setWindowRegion() is invoked, it should
> move/resize any regular window (i.e. a window that has a taskbar entry) to
> fit in the new region.
> 
> Should this task be accomplished by KWM or by KPanel?
> >From a design point of view, I think that KWM should provide a 
> fitWindowInRegion() method to perform this task, and KPanel should invoke
> this method for each window in the taskbar.
> 
> Is it possible to add this method to KWM before releasing KDE 1.1.1, or this
> would break binary compability?
> 
> -- Pietro Iglio

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