Bug 420487

Summary:	Feature request: lock window geometry
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Andrew Udvare <audvare>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Andrew Udvare 2020-04-24 00:23:16 UTC

SUMMARY

I often want to lock a window so I cannot accidentally move/resize it especially if it has a grabber somewhere besides the title bar such as the bottom right corner. Setting up a rule for this in settings makes the rule basically permanent. It is not easy to add and remove rules as needed, nor is it quick.

I want to be able to enable/disable this quickly, such as in the context menu in the title bar, under More Actions, if there was an option:

Lock size/placement

This would set the window to be not moveable and not resizeable.

PS

I've not done much KDE development especially not with Kwin but I wouldn't mind attempting to put something together for this.

Also, can this be achieved with a Kwin script?

Comment 1 Andrew Udvare 2020-04-24 02:59:06 UTC

To answer my last question, yes. I made a Kwin script to implement this feature.

https://github.com/Tatsh/kwin-lock-window-placement/blob/master/contents/code/main.js

Comment 2 Vlad Zahorodnii 2020-04-24 07:14:10 UTC

> Also, can this be achieved with a Kwin script?
Yes, it can be implemented with a KWin script and that's the whole point. If we (kwin devs) refuse to implement some feature, then one should be able to implement it as an effect or a script.

I'm sorry to say it but we won't implement this feature because it has pretty limited use-cases.