Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.6.3) OS: Linux I regularly switch my laptop between a wide-screen monitor at work and a normal monitor at home (and sometimes the LVDS). My KDE Panel is set to maximized but it seems to always restore (when I login) to the size of the monitor that I *previously* ran on. So, if I've last run on a normal monitor (or the LVDS) and then I boot on the wide-screen, the Panel comes up too short. Conversely, if I've last run on the wide-screen and then boot on a normal screen, the Panel comes up too long with the right side extending past the screen edge (and therefore unaccessible). In both cases, I have to manually fix it by right-clicking, selecting "Panel Options->Panel Settings", opening the Panel Settings, clicking on "More Settings" then "Maximize Panel" then "Lock Widgets". (I normally keep my widgets locked.) I've started an experiment to see if this is related to locked widgets. I'm leaving my widgets unlocked; I'll know in a few days if this makes a difference. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: see details Expected Results: The Panel should always adapt itself to the current screen size (depending on settings). A maximized Panel should always be the same width as the screen. kernel 2.6.38.8-32.fc15.x86_64
The same thing happens when you login to your account via the local X server and e.g. NX and other X servers with different sizes. This is extremely annoying, because in my case this happens multiple times a day, and didn't exist in older versions of the KDE desktop. This problem is somewhat related to bug #132347, one should be able to specify relative positions of the edges of objects as it was possible for years using X11.
Roman's comment reminds me that I forgot to follow-up regarding having widgets locked or not: It does not make a difference. The problem occurs either way. ~ray
This bug looks like a duplicate of 209962, which according to comment #33 is fixed as of KDE 4.7.0. Bug reports: please confirm if it is actually fixed in 4.7.0 or mark this bug as duplicate of 275930 if you agree to my assessment.
It still happens with 4.7.1. I use a non-maximized vertical panel and when I switch my monitor for a smaller one, after changing the monitor back, the panel is suddenly maximized.
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