Bug 492586

Summary: The Compositions Widget resists vertical resize to a smaller height which makes the timeline very narrow
Product: [Applications] kdenlive Reporter: Tomáš Pártl <tomaspartl>
Component: User Interface & MiscellaneousAssignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 24.08.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/-/commit/8c66897592a3008d81429822255090226d586e54 Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Tomáš Pártl 2024-09-03 11:16:07 UTC 
SUMMARY

On my 1920x1080 pixel notebook display, the timeline only takes up about a quarter of the total height of the Kdenlive window, even in full-screen mode and it cannot be resized to a taller height UNLESS you hide the Compositions Widget.
It's because the Compositions Widget insists on being very tall. This is clumsy, because if you want to have a nice, tall timeline where you can see the alignment of clips in multiple tracks, you have to disable the Compositions Widget. 

The remedy should be simple: allow the Compositions Widget vertical size to go down it it displaying maybe 2 lines of items. Right now, it insists on showing 10.5 lines.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. make sure the Compositions Widget is visible. 
2. Try to resize the timeline area to its maximum height.
3.  Now hide the Compositions Widget and try to resize the timeline again.

OBSERVED RESULT

With the Compositions Widget visible, you can only make the timeline much less tall than when the Comp. Widg. is hidden.

EXPECTED RESULT

The Compositions Widget shouldn't be in the way of resizing the timeline, or at least not this much.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDENLIVE 24.08.0
KDE Frameworks 
Version 6.5.0
KDE Frameworks 
Version 6.5.0
MLT 
Version 7.27.0 
Open source multimedia framework.
FFmpeg 
A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
installed from flatpak
Comment 1 Jean-Baptiste Mardelle 2024-09-07 10:35:25 UTC 
Git commit 8c66897592a3008d81429822255090226d586e54 by Jean-Baptiste Mardelle.
Committed on 07/09/2024 at 10:34.
Pushed by mardelle into branch 'release/24.08'.

Fix effects/compositions list size

M  +1    -1    src/assets/assetlist/view/assetlistwidget.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/-/commit/8c66897592a3008d81429822255090226d586e54