Yes it's been fixed and working for quite some time. Verified again on 18.04 today.
If only we knew what the fix was we could backport it to 16.04. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579142 Title: Evince windows cannot be resized after upgrade to Xenial To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1579142/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs