Bug 235143

Summary:	alt-tab switcher tries to correctly show browsers with extremely long titles, resulting in a skewed switcher dialog
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Sandeep <sandys>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	asraniel, jaaksimm
Priority:	HI
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	openSUSE 11.2 - Twinview

Description Sandeep 2010-04-23 07:00:56 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.4.2)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Ubuntu [Bug 568326] filed and redirected to upstream -https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568326


Take for example the following google search:
http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage+extremely+long+title+webpage&meta=&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=


This results in a browser window with an extremely long title (the same as the query). After this, when you try to alt-tab, KDE shows a poorly formatted switcher dialog: in which the extremely long title is shown and ALL the other window titles (browser or otherwise) are shifted to the right, rendering them invisible... probably to accomodate the long title.

I am not able to get a screenshot, because I dont think I can screenshot
with alt-tab

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: kdebase-workspace 4:4.4.2-0ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 22 15:55:43 2010
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, username)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/zsh

Comment 1 Hans-Rudi Denzler 2010-04-23 20:17:20 UTC

Created attachment 42987 [details]
openSUSE 11.2 - Twinview

bug or feature ?

Comment 2 Beat Wolf 2010-04-30 20:00:33 UTC

this is more a kwin bug, no?

Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2010-05-24 09:55:05 UTC

SVN commit 1130011 by graesslin:

An tabbox item may never be bigger than the screen.
BUG: 235143

 M  +13 -1     clientitemdelegate.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1130011

Comment 4 Martin Flöser 2010-06-03 14:26:15 UTC

*** Bug 228863 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***