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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: KDE Control Panel too big for monitor
From:       Andreas Pour <pour () mieterra ! com>
Date:       2001-07-21 22:35:30
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Hi,

This is a well-known UI bug.  You have to use the Alt-left-mouse-button
approach to move the window :-(.  Actually the specs call for supporting
800x600, so you might file a bug report at bugs.kde.org for whatever
module you are using that doesn't fit in that size.

Ciao,

Dre


Eric Kadison wrote:
> 
> > Why don't you just resize it ?
> 
> It won't let me resize the window.  Grabbing the corner gives me the resize
> mouse icon, but when I shrink it, nothing happens.
> 
> Is KDE supposed to size the window to the display?  Is this an X issue?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> 
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I set up RH 7.1 with KDE 2.1.1 on my daughter's PC using 800x600 screen
> > > resolution.  The KDE Control Panel is too big for the screen!
> > With the top
> > > of the CP window at the top edge of the screen, the region of
> > the CP that
> > > has the OK and APPLY buttons is below the bottom of the display, so the
> > > buttons are unreachable.  I've only used KDE on higher
> > resolution displays
> > > before this, where the CP window fits just fine.  What's going on here?
> > >
> > > Is KDE supposed to size the CP window according to the display
> > size?  Does
> > > KDE require 1024 x 768 as a minimum?  Is X supposed to be
> > supplying screen
> > > size information, but not doing it?  (I initially installed the system
> > > using my monitor, which is larger, and used either 1024x768 or
> > 1152x864.
> > > After that was working, I switched to her monitor by changing
> > the params in
> > > XFree86-4).
> > >
> > > RH 7.1, XFree 4.0.? (whatever comes with RH 7.1), ATI Xpert 98, 15"
> > > monitor, AMD K6/2-450.
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