https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478096
Bug ID: 478096
Summary: Cannot tell anymore if window is snapped to panel
Classification: Plasma
Product: Breeze
Version: master
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: window decoration
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: j.acco...@petsovits.com
CC: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org, uhh...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Borderless windows are the default in Plasma 6. There is no recognizable line
between window contents and panel anymore. When I maximize a window, vertically
or all the way, I cannot tell if it's fully visible or if a part of it is
hidden underneath the panel.
This never bothered me with the previous multi-pixel borders, and I now find it
very taxing not to know how tall my windows actually are. Especially when
plugging or unplugging monitors can move windows around between displays and
resize them, not always with the size & position I'd expect.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Configure Breeze window decoration with the borderless theme default. Use
light Breeze styles for panels & widgets.
2. Open Firefox and resize it such that the bottom snaps to your panel.
3. Navigate to a page that's taller than your screen.
4. Assume that you don't have immediate memory of your window resizing, either
because of (un)plugging a monitor, or because you resumed from suspend after a
night or two of not using your laptop, or just because you don't want to carry
that mental overhead with you all the time.
OBSERVED RESULT
You can't tell if the Firefox window ends at the panel or continues below the
panel. The only way to tell is to hover a link and see if its URL shows up at
the bottom (if it does, you know where the bottom is).
EXPECTED RESULT
I have visual feedback whether the window ends at the panel or continues
underneath it.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Compositing: Yes, turned on, I get lots of shadows and whatnot
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.90.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.246.0
Qt Version: 6.6.1
Kernel Version: 6.6.3-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Clean style is neat and I'm not a hater of borderless or flat presentation, but
we can't in good conscience ship with a major usability regression like that as
a default. We have to draw a line somewhere. Presumably at the panel-facing
edge of the window, but conceivably even on the panel's window-facing edge
could be an option too. I'd be happy with even just a thin 1px line and only if
shadows don't show, i.e. when window and panel snap together.
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