Bug 502379 - Show shadows on maximized windows that have gaps around them
Summary: Show shadows on maximized windows that have gaps around them
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: decorations (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: LO wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2025-04-03 21:09 UTC by kde.slip812
Modified: 2025-04-04 18:06 UTC (History)
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A maximized window with gaps but no shadow shown. (292.51 KB, image/jpeg)
2025-04-03 21:09 UTC, kde.slip812
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Description kde.slip812 2025-04-03 21:09:55 UTC
Created attachment 179975 [details]
A maximized window with gaps but no shadow shown.

When I use this kwin script: https://github.com/abimagnus/maximized-window-gaps to add gaps around maximizied window, No shadows are shown when the windows are maximized as shown in the screenshot
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-04-04 16:55:12 UTC
IIRC the shadows are turned off to improve performance a tiny bit by avoiding rendering them when they can't be seen. In this case they clearly can be seen though, so I guess we need to refine the conditional to include "and the maximized window doesn't have any gaps around it"
Comment 2 kde.slip812 2025-04-04 18:06:42 UTC
> so I guess we need to refine the conditional to include "and the maximized window doesn't have any gaps around it"

What conditional, can you elaborate? Idk the internals of plasma.