Bug 105621

Summary:	large windows should automatically scroll
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Matthew robinson <mattyrobinson69>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	hauke
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Matthew robinson 2005-05-13 19:05:54 UTC

Version:           unknown (using KDE 3.4.0, Debian Package 4:3.4.0-0pre4 (3.1))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-12)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.8-2-386

i consider this to be a bug, as it makes very large windows unviewable.

for examples of this, view baghira's config windows on a 1024x768 display. 

my problem is, if the window is too large (usually too long), it does not (unless the app writer includes this functionality) have the ability to scroll. i believe it should be the job of the window manager, to provide a scroller to view the rest of the window.

a screenshot of this can be found here:

http://freepgs.com/mattyrobinson/misc/largewindow1.png

Comment 1 Stephan Binner 2005-05-15 19:23:43 UTC

You better file a bug report to the application author about his application fitting on a 1024x768 display.

Comment 2 Lubos Lunak 2007-01-29 16:24:39 UTC

*** Bug 140827 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 David Laban 2008-01-16 14:11:41 UTC

@Stephan Binner
Should we also bug *all* kde apps because their dialogues don't fit on 640x480 (default Xephyr res, resolution of vnc for htc universal devices.)?

While I don't think that this is a "bug" as such (alt+drag lets you see the whole window on all platforms with an alt key), it would be a nice feature to have though, and probably not too difficult to implement.

Also, if the scrollbar is part of the window decorations, you won't notice that nasty lag on resize that you get on unix and windows, but not on osx.

Comment 4 Lubos Lunak 2008-01-16 15:29:37 UTC

640x480 resolution is not supported by KDE, if it doesn't fit, it doesn't fit. 1024x768 is the smallest.

Comment 5 Martin Flöser 2012-03-11 08:11:19 UTC

I am sorry, but this feature cannot be implemented by a window manager. The window content belongs to the application. The window manager has no control over it. This implies that the window manager cannot add a scrollbar to the window content.