#10571: Tabs not showing properly in macOS full (and split) screen

Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net
Wed Aug 5 10:39:43 UTC 2020


Am 02.08.2020 um 19:17 schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de>:
> 
> On 2020-08-02 18:10, Stephan Witt wrote:
>> Am 02.08.2020 um 13:25 schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de>:
>>> 
>>> On 2020-08-02 10:55, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>>> Am 01.08.2020 um 16:51 schrieb Stephan Witt <st.witt at gmx.net>:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Am 01.08.2020 um 09:35 schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2020-08-01 09:32, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>>>>>> Am 31.07.2020 um 07:13 schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de>:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 2020-07-30 21:21, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Am 29.07.2020 um 22:59 schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de>:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 2020-07-29 21:03, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Am 29.07.2020 um 10:15 schrieb LyX Ticket Tracker <trac at lyx.org>:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> #10571: Tabs not showing properly in macOS full (and split) screen
>>>>>>>>>>>> -----------------------+-------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>> Reporter:  racoon     |       Owner:  lasgouttes
>>>>>>>>>>>>    Type:  defect     |      Status:  new
>>>>>>>>>>>> Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Component:  general    |     Version:  2.2.2
>>>>>>>>>>>> Severity:  normal     |  Resolution:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Keywords:  os=macosx  |
>>>>>>>>>>>> -----------------------+-------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Comment (by racoon):
>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Okay, tested again. It happens under a special condition: when the LyX window is previously maximized (not in fullscreen but maximized by double clicking the title bar). So:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 1. Double click the title bar (maximizes the window)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This one is configurable. Alternatively the double click sends it to the dock (minimize it).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 2. Click on View > Fullscreen (enters fullscreen)
>>>>>>>> 3. Click on View > Fullscreen (exits fullscreen)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I don’t understand what’s not working. It looks like maximizing the window is not full-screen.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What I see here (Catalina) is that after existing the fullscreen via
>>>>>> LyX's dedicated function (Step 3), the fullscreen is immediately
>>>>>> re-activated. The only way to get out of it is using the WM's fullscreen
>>>>>> button.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I see. This isn’t the case with my latests (not published) patch anymore (hopefully).
>>>> Here is the current state of my patch to improve switch to/from full-screen.
>>>> It contains additional code to detect switch to/from window maximize state.
>>>> This is actually not used yet. On Mac it could be a possibility to implement
>>>> the switch to/from the state you’ve called „focus mode“. That’s why I left it
>>>> as is ATM. The final patch will be without it and the maximize state can be done
>>>> later. For now I’d like to ask Pavel how this is different and/or managed on Linux.
>>>> Perhaps it doesn’t work the same way as on Mac.
>>>> Does it work as expected for you and on Linux? Can anyone test it on Windows, please?
>>> 
>>> Very nice!
>>> 
>>> You haven't asked explicitly for macOS feedback but I guess that is welcome as well.
>> 
>> Yes, thank you.
>> 
>>> Seems to work almost perfectly on macOS now. There is one small exception: when doing the last three steps mentioned above, the window gets out of the maximized state. But it's really small. And maybe it's just a Qt bug.
>> 
>> There is a difference between maximized and full-screen state.
>> 
>> To be sure I understand your recipe:
>> 
>> 1. Maximize window (alt green dot)
>> 2. Switch to full-screen (Command-Control-f)
>> 3. Switch back from full-screen (Command-Control-f)
>> 
>> With these steps I can reproduce that LyX doesn’t return to maximized state. This is correct - „code wise“,
>> but the WM remembers the previous maximized state. So the behavior is different when using the green dot to
>> switch to and from full-screen. With the latter LyX returns to maximized state.
>> 
>> The effect of the really small window I cannot reproduce. But it’s reported already as ticket 11909 here:
>> https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/11909 (IMO).
> 
> Oh, I am sorry. The reference of the "really small" was to "small
> exception". I don't get a really small window. (Just the
> pre-maximization state.)

I’ve checked this effect with Qt 5.9 on Mac.

This works for me. So I’d say it’s a Qt problem and we have to live with it.

Stephan


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