Bug 472367

Summary: Please make it obvious when a window is quick-tiled and will remember its previous size
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: Zeb Figura <z.figura12>
Component: Quick TilingAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: kdedev, nate
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version First Reported In: 5.27.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Zeb Figura 2023-07-18 17:12:14 UTC 
SUMMARY

Due to the changes in 5.27, a quick-tiled window will remember its previous size, and revert to that when un-tiled.

This turns "quick-tiled" from an action (that permanently changes the window's size and position) to a state (that temporarily changes the window's size, at least, if not position). However, it does not make clear which windows have this state. This means that I can either quick-tile a window or manually move a window to the same position, and, if I have forgotten that I did so (which is usual), subsequently moving the window will have two different behaviours.

One straightforward and (I think) intuitive way to make this clear is to toggle the "maximized" button. Like maximization, quick-tiling is (now) ephemeral state which changes a window's size and position.

This would probably also imply a behaviour change, which I think is potentially desirable for similar reasons. Currently a quick-tiled window can be maximized (and will thus forget that it is quick-tiled). Making a change like this would imply that a quick-tiled window is already "maximized", and that clicking the maximize button would instead restore it to its original size and position.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.107.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-12-13 18:21:47 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 497397 ***
Comment 2 Zeb Figura 2025-05-25 00:25:50 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 497397 ***

Sorry for the late comment, but I don't think this is the same bug as 497397. That bug appears to be about quick-tiling not working correctly, and it appears to be Wayland-specific (whereas I was using X at the time of reporting).

This bug is about a feature request to change how quick-tiling is *supposed* to work, in some minor way.
Comment 3 TraceyC 2025-09-08 11:20:00 UTC 
I agree, this would be a usability improvement