Created attachment 4819
maximized window on main screen shows panel oddity when mazimized
I have a multi monitor display, the center monitor is the main monitor which each display acting as an extension of this. On my main monitor I would like to have my top and bottom panels, however if I place a top panel on a monitor which has a monitor above it, maximized windows will go beyond the panel. This only happens when there is an above monitor. See screen shot for reference. Also, OS Debian wheezy, 4 monitors, xfce 4.8, xfwm.
Attachment 4819, "maximized window on main screen shows panel oddity when mazimized":
I use external monitor as a "main screen" and it's above the laptop screen. Now all the status bars of maximized windows on the main screen are overlapped by XFCE bottom panel. Please, apply this patch to the next XFCE version.
The patch works for me for dual monitor.
When adding a third monitor to the left, the behaviour is the same as before.
Attachement follows.
All windows are maximized. You can see the overlap in Chromium with the panel.
The most left and the most right monitor (in terms of XFCE monitor enumeration) are reserving space correctly.
Same problem within XFCE4. My xfce4-panel pop-ups over the maximized window (eg the webbrowser). When I use Firefox and try to search, the search bar is behind my bottom panel :..
Actually this behavior is both applicable on my second screen as well as my primary screen.
Same problem within XFCE4. My xfce4-panel pop-ups over the maximized window
(eg the webbrowser). When I use Firefox and try to search, the search bar is
behind my bottom panel :..
Actually this behavior is both applicable on my second screen as well as my
primary screen.
Ps. unchecking "Don't reserve space on borders" within the settings (work-around) will NOT fix the problem either.
I went to panel->panel settings->Unchecked "Lock panel". Now grepped the panel from outer right side (with the dots). I moved the panel up and forced it down again. This last step will cause the xfce panel to be recognized again as a bottom panel, meaning it will stay up front whenever I maximize a window.
You can now "Lock the panel" again within the settings. And exit the settings windows.
I still have this bug, 7 years after the first report in 2012. Id really appreciate a fix for this, i havent seen this issue in other DEs. Its almost a deal breaker considering i usually have a youtube video/etc on my primary monitor and some other app on my second.
More details about monitor setup - Laptop with an external display attached, the external one is the primary one and laptop one is secondary.
Yousuf Philipschanged title from Undesired behavior when using two monitors stacked on top each other to Window titlebar appears behind top panel when having two monitors stacked on top each other
changed title from Undesired behavior when using two monitors stacked on top each other to Window titlebar appears behind top panel when having two monitors stacked on top each other