Bug 56654

Summary:	for usability, restore hiding of window borders for maximized windows
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	John Firebaugh <jfirebaugh>
Component:	decorations	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	abraendle, dev+kde, dev, esigra, jarnecook, Stefan.Keller, tar, unfielusuario
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description John Firebaugh 2003-03-31 09:49:08 UTC

Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

This feature was removed post 3.1. See bug #54730.

Unfortunately, this is a highly desireable feature from a UI standpoint, and I wish it 
 hadn't been removed. The reason is Fitts's Law. With the window border of a maximized 
 window hidden, any UI elements on the inside border, e.g. scrollbars or tab widgets, are 
 directly on the screen edge and thus have 'infinite' depth, making them easy targets to 
 hit with the mouse.

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2003-04-15 21:02:39 UTC

*** Bug 51891 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Lubos Lunak 2003-04-15 21:03:37 UTC

Bug #51891 only complained about borders being visible at the top and bottom. Since this has 
to be reimplemented anyway ...

Comment 3 Lubos Lunak 2003-05-07 21:08:29 UTC

*** Bug 44765 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Sandro Giessl 2003-09-30 20:35:08 UTC

*** Bug 43063 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Casey Allen Shobe 2003-10-04 09:23:10 UTC

*** Bug 65445 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Lubos Lunak 2004-02-23 19:13:56 UTC

Already implemented, some decorations may still not have support for this implemented.

Comment 7 Lubos Lunak 2004-07-01 12:05:38 UTC

*** Bug 71808 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Lubos Lunak 2004-08-04 16:54:16 UTC

KWin support is there, complain about specific decorations if there are still problems.

Comment 9 meldroc 2005-03-25 00:35:44 UTC

Can this feature be implemented for the Plastik style and kwin decorations?  I've been able to make this feature work by using the Redmond kwin theme, but it doesn't quite work with Plastik.  Being able to scroll a window by simply throwing the mouse to the right edge of the screen is nice.

Comment 10 Lubos Lunak 2005-03-25 12:55:42 UTC

Plastik works fine for me e.g. with KWrite.