Bug 310084

Summary: Window switching looks awkward when using two monitors and one is lower than the other
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: Dominic Kexel <bigyellowcactus>
Component: effects-tabboxAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.8.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yzo7bmgb0p8v6cq/screen.jpg
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Attachments: screenshot of the problem

Description Dominic Kexel 2012-11-14 12:22:41 UTC
I have two screens, using TwinView.

A larger one on the right (my primary screen), and a little smaller one on the left, which is also postioned a little bit lower than the big one.

When I switch windows using ALT+TAB, and the active application is on my secondary screen, the window switching stuff (I don't know how you actually call it) is shown on that very screen; but it looks a little bit screwed up. It's best described with an screenshot.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yzo7bmgb0p8v6cq/screen.jpg

As you can see, the area of the left screen that is beneath the right screen shows a part of the window, which it should not do.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use 2 monitors, one of then positioned lower than the other
2. activate a window on the lower screen
3.
Actual Results:  
the window switching indicator (or however you call it) looks messed up

Expected Results:  
it should *not* look messed up :-)
Comment 1 Dominic Kexel 2012-11-14 13:05:40 UTC
Created attachment 75244 [details]
screenshot of the problem

note that the left monitor is actually a little bit below the right one.
Comment 2 Martin Flöser 2012-11-14 16:59:27 UTC
same problem as bug #184874 - just different direction

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 184874 ***