Bug 365042

Summary:	kwin doesnt place winecfg's window centered
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	farmboy0
Component:	rules	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	l.lunak
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.6.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	first part of the rule description seconf part of the rules description xwininfo xprops kwinrules

Description farmboy0 2016-07-03 15:22:38 UTC

I have a single window rule set up.
All window's initial placement is forced to centered.
This works for most windows except for winecfg a config application for the wine package.
This window is always placed in the upper left corner and nothing I tried makes a difference.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Set up the rule like in the screenshots
2.Start winecfg (need wine installed)
3.

Actual Results:  
The window is placed in the upper left corner.

Expected Results:  
The window should be shown centered on the screen.

I tried selecting different window types or making the rule specific to that application.

Comment 1 farmboy0 2016-07-03 15:23:27 UTC

Created attachment 99828 [details]
first part of the rule description

Comment 2 farmboy0 2016-07-03 15:23:55 UTC

Created attachment 99829 [details]
seconf part of the rules description

Comment 3 Thomas Lübking 2016-07-03 15:29:24 UTC

It'll likely demand that position (or configure itself there afterwards)
"Ignore requested geometry" (At least "apply initially", perhaps "force" is required)

Comment 4 Thomas Lübking 2016-07-03 15:31:34 UTC

PS: "kcmshell5 kwinoptions", you can configure the global placement strategy there. No need for a rule here.

Comment 5 farmboy0 2016-07-03 15:44:31 UTC

Ignore requested geometry doesnt work. Neither of them.
Global window placement is already set to centered. No effect, even not without the rule.

Comment 6 Thomas Lübking 2016-07-03 15:51:25 UTC

can you please dump "xprop" and "xwininfo" on the window and attach the output?

   xwininfo > ~/winecfg.info
   xprop > ~/winecfg.props

The cursor turns into a "+" each time, then just click the window.

Comment 7 farmboy0 2016-07-03 15:56:38 UTC

Created attachment 99830 [details]
xwininfo

Comment 8 farmboy0 2016-07-03 15:56:58 UTC

Created attachment 99831 [details]
xprops

Comment 9 Thomas Lübking 2016-07-03 16:01:34 UTC

The window certainly positions itself, but (required) setting "ignore requested geometry" to "force" and "yes"(!) should prevent that. Otherwise there's a bug. In that case please attach ~/.config/kwinrulesrc

Comment 10 farmboy0 2016-07-03 16:19:15 UTC

Created attachment 99832 [details]
kwinrules

Comment 11 Lubos Lunak 2017-05-02 10:36:30 UTC

I don't think the rule set up this way actually matches the winecfg window (window class is not set, nor anything else in the first screenshot).

And this works perfectly fine here, when the winecfg window is open, using Alt+F3/Advanced/Special window settings (or whatever it's exactly in English) and then following comment #9.