Bug 315868

Summary:	Extended monitor on left side does not acknowledge panel.
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	Jason Sauders <jasauders>
Component:	containment-panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	szentandrasii
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.10.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Jason Sauders 2013-02-27 19:29:04 UTC

Kubuntu 12.04 64 bit, KDE 4.10 via PPA. I added a panel on the left side of the screen that resembles the Unity layout (screenshot to get an idea of the panel layout: http://ompldr.org/vaGh3Zg/theme2.png ). It's set to "always visible". If I have an extended monitor on the left side, maximizing windows on my "right" window containing the left-justified Unity-esque panel doesn't appear to acknowledge the panel exists, as it expands underneath the panel and not around it. The maximized window tucks itself under the panel. This behavior was duplicated by another user in the KDE IRC channel.

Basic synopsis:

Extended monitor on right side - maximizing any program on "left" monitor (laptop) works fine and the window expands alongside the left-justified panel. No problems at all.

Extended monitor on left side - maximizing any program on "right" monitor (laptop) ends up tucking the window underneath the left-justified panel, despite the always visible setting on the panel. 

No extended monitor, just single LCD from laptop - maximizing any program works fine as the panel expands around the left-justified panel.

Comment 1 Szentandrasi Istvan 2013-03-07 20:00:31 UTC

Same issue on Archlinux KDE SC 4.10.1 with vertical panel on the left and extended monitor on the left side.

Comment 2 Szentandrasi Istvan 2013-04-06 09:37:54 UTC

Kde sc 4.10.2 still the same issue.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2018-06-08 19:39:44 UTC

Hello!

This bug report was filed for KDE Plasma 4, which reached end-of-support status in August 2015. KDE Plasma 5's desktop shell has been almost completely rewritten for better performance and usability, so it is likely that this bug is already resolved in Plasma 5.

Accordingly, we hope you understand why we must close this bug report. If the issue described  here is still present in KDE Plasma 5.12 or later, please feel free to open a new ticket in the "plasmashell" product after reading https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Bug_Reporting

If you would like to get involved in KDE's bug triaging effort so that future mass bug closes like this are less likely, please read https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved#Bug_Triaging

Thanks for your understanding!

Nate Graham