Title bar issues when maximized (KDE 3.5.1)

Hello,

I recently upgraded to KDE 3.5.1. from the SUSE YaST repository
(ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_10.0/yast-source)
and am experiencing the following issue:

When a window is maximized (regardless of which window decoration is
selected), the title bar will shrink to the size of the largest button.
I can find no options to change the maximize behavior of the window
decor.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

-Matthew Hatch

Matthew Hatch adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> Hello,
>
> I recently upgraded to KDE 3.5.1. from the SUSE YaST repository
>
(ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_10.0/yast-source)
> and am experiencing the following issue:
>
> When a window is maximized (regardless of which window decoration is
> selected), the title bar will shrink to the size of the largest
> button.
> I can find no options to change the maximize behavior of the window
> decor.
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks!

Hi Matthew,

What style and windecos are you using or does it happen with all
decorations *and* styles?

I cannot seem to reproduce that effect here with Thin keramik 3.2.1
Style + thinleramik Decos, and also cannot see any bugs on kde.org
relating to this and the titlebar unless I was using the wrong criteria
for the search.

I cannot fin anything in the settings either but there again I am not
sure if i am looking in the right place yet :-)

Also have you checked to see if you have the latest KDE versions from
the supplementary dir on the server?

HTH
--
Mark
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK
Novell Support Forums SysOp

baskitcaise wrote:
> Matthew Hatch adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently upgraded to KDE 3.5.1. from the SUSE YaST repository
>>
> (ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_10.0/yast-source)
>> and am experiencing the following issue:
>>
>> When a window is maximized (regardless of which window decoration is
>> selected), the title bar will shrink to the size of the largest
>> button.
>> I can find no options to change the maximize behavior of the window
>> decor.
>>
>> Any thoughts? Thanks!
>
> Hi Matthew,
>
> What style and windecos are you using or does it happen with all
> decorations *and* styles?
>
> I cannot seem to reproduce that effect here with Thin keramik 3.2.1
> Style + thinleramik Decos, and also cannot see any bugs on kde.org
> relating to this and the titlebar unless I was using the wrong criteria
> for the search.
>
> I cannot fin anything in the settings either but there again I am not
> sure if i am looking in the right place yet :-)
>
> Also have you checked to see if you have the latest KDE versions from
> the supplementary dir on the server?
>
> HTH

Yes, I have the latest KDE versions from the server. I am using the
default SUSE theme/style. I have seen this behavior on Plastic and
Smooth Blend, but others like Keramik don't seem to be affected.

I should note that I have three machines with SUSE 10, all three
upgraded to 3.5.1, all three using the same theme, and only two
misbehave after this manner. The third behaves normally, but I don't
know where to look to see what's different on that box opposed to the
others.

-Matthew

Matthew Hatch adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:


> Yes, I have the latest KDE versions from the server. I am using the
> default SUSE theme/style. I have seen this behavior on Plastic and
> Smooth Blend, but others like Keramik don't seem to be affected.
>
> I should note that I have three machines with SUSE 10, all three
> upgraded to 3.5.1, all three using the same theme, and only two
> misbehave after this manner. The third behaves normally, but I don't
> know where to look to see what's different on that box opposed to the
> others.

Matthew,

Does it happen for all users on the problem machine or just one?

if you only have one user use Yast to create another one, that will give
it a default KDE skeleton so probably the best to create a new one
anyway, if it does not happen with the new user then you can compare
the contents of the files in the

/home/<user>/.kde/share/config/

maybe kdeglobals or such, but I am not 100% sure which could be
affecting it to tell the truth.

If it does it with the new user then it is probably something in the
global settings ib:

/opt/kde3/share/config/

Somewhere..

I have just found that there are newer versions of the KDE files in the
apt repositories ( KDE 3.5.1 ver 40 most of them and th qt stuff ) now
I cannot remember what version was on the ftp site in supp this morning
but according to the time on some of these files they were updated this
morning @ 9:05 UTC, don`t know if those are the ones you have?????


Have just finished installing the 64bit ones on this machine here and
they seem OK but it has only been 5 minutes, seem a bit zippier but
could just be an illusion :-)

HTH
--
Mark
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK
Novell Support Forums SysOp

baskitcaise wrote:

> Matthew,
>
> Does it happen for all users on the problem machine or just one?
>
> if you only have one user use Yast to create another one, that will give
> it a default KDE skeleton so probably the best to create a new one
> anyway, if it does not happen with the new user then you can compare
> the contents of the files in the
>
> /home/<user>/.kde/share/config/
>
> maybe kdeglobals or such, but I am not 100% sure which could be
> affecting it to tell the truth.
>
> If it does it with the new user then it is probably something in the
> global settings ib:
>
> /opt/kde3/share/config/
>
> Somewhere..
>
> I have just found that there are newer versions of the KDE files in the
> apt repositories ( KDE 3.5.1 ver 40 most of them and th qt stuff ) now
> I cannot remember what version was on the ftp site in supp this morning
> but according to the time on some of these files they were updated this
> morning @ 9:05 UTC, don`t know if those are the ones you have?????
>
>
> Have just finished installing the 64bit ones on this machine here and
> they seem OK but it has only been 5 minutes, seem a bit zippier but
> could just be an illusion :-)
>
> HTH

Yes, this behavior can be seen in new users as well (created in YaST and
via 'useradd -m'). I didn't see anywhere in /opt/kde3/share/config that
would affect this, however, I didn't go through it with a fine-toothed comb.

Any other thoughts?

-Matthew

Matthew Hatch wrote:
> baskitcaise wrote:
>
>> Matthew,
>>
>> Does it happen for all users on the problem machine or just one?
>>
>> if you only have one user use Yast to create another one, that will give
>> it a default KDE skeleton so probably the best to create a new one
>> anyway, if it does not happen with the new user then you can compare
>> the contents of the files in the
>>
>> /home/<user>/.kde/share/config/
>>
>> maybe kdeglobals or such, but I am not 100% sure which could be
>> affecting it to tell the truth.
>>
>> If it does it with the new user then it is probably something in the
>> global settings ib:
>>
>> /opt/kde3/share/config/
>>
>> Somewhere..
>>
>> I have just found that there are newer versions of the KDE files in the
>> apt repositories ( KDE 3.5.1 ver 40 most of them and th qt stuff ) now
>> I cannot remember what version was on the ftp site in supp this morning
>> but according to the time on some of these files they were updated this
>> morning @ 9:05 UTC, don`t know if those are the ones you have?????
>>
>>
>> Have just finished installing the 64bit ones on this machine here and
>> they seem OK but it has only been 5 minutes, seem a bit zippier but
>> could just be an illusion :-)
>>
>> HTH
>
> Yes, this behavior can be seen in new users as well (created in YaST and
> via 'useradd -m'). I didn't see anywhere in /opt/kde3/share/config that
> would affect this, however, I didn't go through it with a fine-toothed comb.
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> -Matthew

I have found the answer to this!

By right-clicking the title bar and selecting "Configure Window
Behavior" --> "Moving" --> "Allow moving and resizing of maximized
windows", the title bar looks normal.

Maybe that should be enabled by default, as it is in KDE 3.4.2. It's
just confusing to have stuff like this change during an upgrade.

Anyway, problem solved, and happy I am.

-Matthew