Bug 501580 - Tile to left or right: Can resize the window only up to 80% of the screen's size horizontally
Summary: Tile to left or right: Can resize the window only up to 80% of the screen's s...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: Custom Tiling (show other bugs)
Version: 6.3.3
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2025-03-16 15:00 UTC by postix
Modified: 2025-03-17 19:45 UTC (History)
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Description postix 2025-03-16 15:00:24 UTC
SUMMARY

I am not sure if this a feature or a bug. I am also not sure whether this is a restriction in % or in pixels. If it's in %, then for ultra wide screens this makes a bigger difference in absolute numbers as for my small 14" laptop screen.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. The config for custom tiling in Meta+T doesn't seem to matter. I've tested it with no tile at all.
2. Tile, e.g. Kate or Dolphin, to the left or right, e.g. by Meta+Arrow keys or by dragging it to the edge
3. Start dragging the edge of the window to resize it

OBSERVED RESULT
Can only resize the window up to ~ 80% of the screen size.

EXPECTED RESULT
Can resize the window up to 100%. 


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.7-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Scaling: 1.25
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-03-17 19:09:56 UTC
> Can resize the window up to 100%. 
That wouldn't make any sense as then the adjacent window would be resized to 0% and would disappear entirely, right?

If you want to tile a window to 100% of the screen, you've basically maximized it, so is there a reason you can't maximize it instead?
Comment 2 postix 2025-03-17 19:45:01 UTC
The question is it % or is it a fixed width, which can't be used?

Why I've mentioned up to  100% as this includes 85%, 90%, 95% and if the 5% of your screen are still 300px, because you got a ultra wide 32x9 fov filling screen, then this would be useful to use.

But yeah, let's close it. I'm sure the kwin dev team has programmed the current way for good reason. Sorry for taking your time! :-)