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Ubuntu MATE: Not in window list, no window decoration, window always on top

Open killerkalamari opened this issue 5 years ago • 11 comments

  • Operating system: Ubuntu MATE 18.04
  • Pencil version: 3.1.0.ga

There are major problems with the Pencil GUI on Ubuntu MATE:

  • The window does not appear on the window list (taskbar)
  • There is no window decoration to move, minimize, maximize, close, or resize the window
  • The window is always on top of all other windows

Screenshot at 2020-07-14 09:15:05

killerkalamari avatar Jul 14 '20 16:07 killerkalamari

Using Ubuntu Mate 20.04 LTS, same here. One possible workaround is run Pencil with a terminal will work normally.

hydexon avatar Aug 09 '20 19:08 hydexon

The same issue on Linux Mint 20 Ulyana MATE

spider4216 avatar Aug 20 '20 06:08 spider4216

I've noticed the following behavior, i think it happens in MATE desktop and the bug triggers depending of the resolution

  • when i run it using an ThinkPad E545 Edge default 1366x768: No window decoration and windows always on top.
  • Plugging an 1920x1080 external display Pencil will run normally.

For the first display to run normally i have to run Pencil from an terminal.

hydexon avatar Aug 21 '20 22:08 hydexon

Using Ubuntu Mate 20.04 LTS, same here. One possible workaround is run Pencil with a terminal will work normally.

Confirm, if run via terminal - everything is okay

spider4216 avatar Sep 02 '20 16:09 spider4216

No, if run via terminal, things are not okay. In that case the application runs in a small window. If I specify a command line argument, the application is started at fullscreen. Then I have a window decoration (but the application complains about the command line argument not making any sense).

So my guess is: This is an issue with how the main window is opened in the first place.

Side effect: The application does not get the focus. What ever keys I press, the key presses still are directed to the terminal window, not the application (which is running in the foreground).

Solution:

As this is a *show stopper I had a look at the sources. But I'm not familiar with Electron and not familiar with the application. I could not locate the code that must be modified in order to fix this.

Again: This is a show stopper.

jkpubsrc avatar Nov 12 '20 05:11 jkpubsrc

@killerkalamari the command line argument trick did not work for me.

Jeeppler avatar Mar 01 '21 08:03 Jeeppler

@killerkalamari the command line argument trick did not work for me.

@Jeeppler I think you may have meant to tag someone else. I'm just the one who opened the bug (and I gave up on being able to use this program a long time ago).

killerkalamari avatar Mar 01 '21 11:03 killerkalamari

I gave up on being able to use this program a long time ago

@killerkalamari Have you found a different program to replace it?

ghost avatar Mar 01 '21 19:03 ghost

No, not really. IIRC, I needed to make 2 diagrams. I used LibreOffice Draw for one and dia for the other.

killerkalamari avatar Mar 01 '21 20:03 killerkalamari

Actually, I resized the window of my VirtualBox VM (made it smaller), that worked.

Jeeppler avatar Mar 02 '21 17:03 Jeeppler

Hi, I solved it commenting the line 78 (mainWindow.hide();) in the file ./app/index.js

acuerol avatar Jul 08 '22 01:07 acuerol