Stage manager recent apps area not working

[mariusraupach]

Description

The Rectangle Pro application is not responding to the Mac OS Stage Manager when the Stage Manager Recent Apps size is set. When attempting to use the Stage Manager to manage and switch between recent applications, Rectangle Pro does not resize correctly and ignores the recent apps area.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Launch the Mac OS Stage Manager.
2. Set the Stage Manager Recent Apps size
3. Open multiple applications
4. Try to resize

Expected Behaviour

Rectangle Pro does resize correctly with the offset of the recent apps area.

Additional Information

• occurs after reinstall of OS and Rectangle Pro, before everything works correctly without further configuration

Environment

• macOS Ventura 13.4.1
• Rectangle Pro v3.0.2

[rxhanson]

Thanks for reporting with these details. This is working properly for me, so I suspect there might be either an edge case that you're experiencing or there's something else going on. To make this much easier for me to figure out, the most helpful things are

1. a screen recording
2. the logs (hold option key and select View Logging...)
3. your config (export from settings tab of prefs window)

[mariusraupach]

Log.txt RectangleProConfig.txt

[mariusraupach]

https://youtu.be/WDw5f9hyRuw

[mariusraupach]

encountered the same problem when I installed Rectangle on a virtual machine using the exact versions I mentioned in the environment description.

[mariusraupach]

After updating to version 3.0.5, the issue persists

[mariusraupach]

After updating to version 3.0.6, the issue persists

[rxhanson]

Unfortunately, I still can't reproduce this. I've loaded your config and it works properly. Is there a prior release where you know this was working for you, and I could use that to compare what's changed?

[mariusraupach]

I am quite confident that version 3.0.2 worked on my MacBook before I reset it. Therefore, I find it very strange that it is not functioning properly now.

To ensure that the problem did not originate from my end, I conducted testing on three different systems: two MacBooks and one virtual machine. Each system underwent a fresh installation of macOS before conducting the tests.

• Installed Xcode Command Line Tools.
• Installed Homebrew via curl.
• Installed rectangle-pro using Homebrew.
• Granted accessibility permissions to rectangle-pro.
• Activated stage manager.
• Checked if the recent apps area was recognised.

The bug persists across all three systems, indicating that it is not isolated to a particular environment or configuration. (Sync configuration over iCloud is deactivated)

Environment

• macOS Ventura 13.5
• Rectangle Pro v3.0.6

[rxhanson]

Any chance you could install v3.0.2 just to guarantee that it did in fact work for you?

https://rectangleapp.com/pro/versions

[mariusraupach]

I can verify that version 3.0.2 functions as intended.

[rxhanson]

Great, thanks for doing that. That alone should be enough to narrow it down. I'll see what I can do for the next release

[mariusraupach]

Great news! The issue has been resolved with the latest update, Thank you for the fix!

[jpatrolla]

edit: also, make sure if you've just installed pro that your original rectangle instance isn't running lol

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Hi gang. I believe it might be on the macOS side. Try changing the following setting to 'Do Nothing':

System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Double-click a window's title bar to Do Nothing

Seems to be fixed so far for me. Hope that helps