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Consider removing window decorations on fullscreen windows

Open probonopd opened this issue 4 years ago • 3 comments

https://dglava.github.io/en/orcsome.html

That should be doable with Menu natively, shouldn't it?

But we should keep the distinction between a window that is in fullscreen vs. a window that is merely maximized.

probonopd avatar Jan 01 '21 13:01 probonopd

But then how would it be minimized after removing the window decorations?

I think the behavior of windows should be consistent, they should always have a title bar.

You could consider making the windows always square like in the old system 7 to avoid the aesthetically displeasing double curve. image

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Alternatively modern macOS makes the windows title bar square when in full screen. But they also hide the menu bar and title unless on mouseover which I dislike as it reduces discoverability and increases cognitive load.

velissarious avatar Feb 27 '21 11:02 velissarious

We should keep the distinction between a window that is in fullscreen (then there should be no window title bar and no menu bar) vs. a window that is merely maximized (then there should be a window title bar and a menu bar).

The Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines from 1992 describe window size change behavior that is different from what users are expecting today (minimize/maximize/custom). So for helloSystem we are currently closer to other desktop systems in this regard.

probonopd avatar Feb 27 '21 12:02 probonopd

When using KWin (such as in the newest experimental builds):

kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kwinrc --group Windows --key BorderlessMaximizedWindows true
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure

Your title bars will disappear but you will need to use the keyboard (Command-F3) to close windows, minimize... --> Bad! Unless we put functionality into Dock and/or Menu to unmaximize such windows.

probonopd avatar Sep 17 '21 18:09 probonopd