[GNC] No Maximise button on 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10

Jim Passmore jim at passmore4.com
Sat Oct 13 18:09:35 EDT 2018 

I can confirm similar behavior as Colin, running Ubuntu 18.04.1, Gnome
3.28.2 with a 1920x1080 monitor resolution.  My GnuCash is 3.3+, compiled a
few days ago.  Before this I was just running the 2.6.19 from the
distribution.

I noticed that when I used the super-right arrow shortcut to snap to the
right side of the screen, nothing happens (similar with left shortcut).  I
had 3 tabs open--Accounts, and 2 others.  Also, dragging to the right
screen edge normally snaps the window and sets width to 50%, but not with
GnuCash.  Other apps behave as expected.

I've got a Gnome extension, Put Windows that uses a different keyboard
shortcut, and should set window width to be 50% 66%, then 34% with
consecutive snap-right commands.  it works for 50% and 66%, but not 34%.
(Other apps work at all 3 widths.)

If I close the account tabs, and leave just the account list open, all
behavior is correct--dragging to a screen edge snaps to 50%, super-right
snaps to 50%, and the extra extension adjusts the window to 50, 66, and
even 34%.  Experimenting with different open accounts indeed changes
allowed window widths.

(With 2.6.19, the regular Gnome shortcuts worked, but I didn't try the
extension until today, trying to investigate the problem.)

-- 

*Jim Passmore*



On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 10:51 AM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> Out of curiosity, is the parent type of that errant account different from
> the others? Does opening another account of that type have the same effect?
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> > On Oct 13, 2018, at 9:01 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 at 14:31, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Colin,
> >
> > Does the entire window width depend on on the current width of columns
> other than the description column?
> >
> > Not as far as I can see.  Changing the column width can make the scroll
> bars come and go but does not change the minimum width.  Also the min width
> does not depend on which account currently has the focus, but which
> accounts are open (ie have tabs visible).  I am doing these tests with the
> tabs along the top so it is not the account name length pushing up the
> width at the side.  Also it is not the number of accounts open that changes
> the width but which particular ones.  There is one particular account that
> pushes the width up about 50 pixels but I can't see anything special about
> it.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> >
> > David C
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 8:17 AM Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yet more information.  I don't think the basic behaviour has changed
> since
> > 2.6.19, the difference is that the minimum window width is now up to
> about
> > 350 pixels wider than it was on 2.6.19.  So on 2.6.19 with a particular
> set
> > of accounts open this is about 1000 pixels which fitted on the screen ok
> > and so could be maximised, with 3.3 it is about 1350, which is wider than
> > the available width.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> > On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 at 12:05, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Right, I have made some progress on this.
> > > 1. At any time gnucash seems to maintain a minimum window width below
> > > which it will not let the window be shrunk.
> > > 2. If that width is greater than the available display width then the
> > > window cannot be maximised, which is reasonable.
> > >
> > > The problem is that the min window width is not a fixed value, but
> seems
> > > to vary with which accounts are open.  If I close all tabs except the
> > > Accounts tab and shrink the window down and then open an account the
> window
> > > width increases to the minimum allowed for that account. If I repeat
> that
> > > exercise for different accounts it is clear that different accounts
> have
> > > different minimum widths.  The net result is that if I have certain
> > > accounts open then I cannot maximise the window, but if those accounts
> are
> > > not open then I can.
> > >
> > > I have so far failed to find any pattern relating the minimum width
> for an
> > > account to the details of that account.
> > >
> > > My feeling at the moment is that there is a bug (or at least
> non-optimum
> > > feature) in the code that determines the minimum width.  If it is not
> a bug
> > > then I would be grateful if someone can explain what is going on.
> > >
> > > Colin
> > >
> > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 16:42, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 16:36, Adrien Monteleone
> > >> <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Colin,
> > >> >
> > >> > Can you manually resize GC as if you used the maximize button? How
> does
> > >> the window behave? (scrollbars?)
> > >>
> > >> I can resize it except that I cannot shrink the width down
> > >> sufficiently small that it will fit in the available space when
> > >> maximised.  Unlike with 2.19, scroll bars do not appear below the
> > >> register when an attempt is made to shrink the window further, it just
> > >> won't allow further shrinking.
> > >>
> > >> Colin
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > Regards,
> > >> > Adrien
> > >> >
> > >> > > On Oct 12, 2018, at 10:15 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > I am using standard Ubuntu not Xubuntu, so there are normally the
> > >> > > usual Close, Minimise and Maximise buttons in the window title
> bar.
> > >> > > The maximise is a white square.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > I was not entirely accurate in my last post.  I have the Ubuntu
> Dock
> > >> > > bar down the left hand side and not auto hidden which reduces the
> > >> > > available window width slightly.  If I put the dock at the bottom
> of
> > >> > > the screen then it is possible to see the whole gnucash window
> width
> > >> > > and the maximise is available again.  I guess something is
> noticing
> > >> > > that there is not room for the minimum window width when
> maximised so
> > >> > > it won't let it maximise.  It is a 1280 width screen so the
> minimum
> > >> > > window width that gnucash will let me shrink the window to, with
> the
> > >> > > tabs at the side, is about 1200 pixels.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Colin
> > >> > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 16:00, Roger Miskowicz <rmisko11 at gmail.com
> >
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> I tried what I think you said in 18.04 and 3.35 can not shrink to
> > >> where there is a horizontal scroll bar.  The Maximize '+' button is
> there
> > >> regardless whether the tabs are at the top or right side.
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> Just to ensure we're talking about the same button.  In Xubuntu
> > >> 18.04 I don't have the Maximize button as displayed by Alt-Touch
> instead at
> > >> the top right I just have '-+x' which seems to be what I have in all
> my
> > >> applications.  The '+' toggles maximize or not maximize.
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 10:38 AM Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>> Sorry, I should have said that all other apps I have tried
> operate
> > >> as expected.
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>> Alt-Space does not show Maximise.  It does show Unmaximise but
> it
> > >> is greyed out.
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>> However I have had a Eureka moment.  There seems to be a change
> with
> > >> > >>> 3.3 to do with window width. On 2.9 the window (when not
> maximised)
> > >> > >>> could be shrunk down so that the right hand fields of the
> register
> > >> > >>> were not visible, and a scroll bar then appeared at the bottom
> of
> > >> the
> > >> > >>> register.  With 3.3 it appears this is not possible, the window
> can
> > >> > >>> not be shrunk to the point where a scroll bar appears.  I have
> my
> > >> tabs
> > >> > >>> shown down the right hand side and the result is that the
> smallest
> > >> > >>> window size is slightly larger than the size of my screen.  In
> that
> > >> > >>> state it is not possible to maximise the window.  If I place the
> > >> tabs
> > >> > >>> at the top then it is possible to maximise.  I can then place
> them
> > >> at
> > >> > >>> the side again and it stays maximised but if I close and re-open
> > >> > >>> gnucash then it unmaximises again.
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>> This may also have been an issue happened when I built 3.3 from
> > >> source
> > >> > >>> on Ubuntu 18.04 to test it, I don't know. I may just not have
> > >> noticed
> > >> > >>> it then.
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>> Colin
> > >> > >>> On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 14:59, Robert Heller <
> heller at deepsoft.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> At Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:39:11 +0100 Colin Law <
> clanlaw at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>>>
> > >> > >>>>> Running Gnucash 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10 Beta from the Ubuntu
> > >> repository
> > >> > >>>>> there is no maximise button, and the window will not maximise
> by
> > >> the
> > >> > >>>>> usual shortcut methods.  Has anyone else seen anything
> similar?
> > >> > >>>>> Should I file a bug under the Ubuntu system or gnucash?
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> Window [size] management (maximize,minimize,resize, etc.) is a
> > >> function of the
> > >> > >>>> window manager (duh). Can you maximise any other application
> > >> windows under
> > >> > >>>> Ubuntu 18.10 Beta?
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> It *might* be an issue with the GUI toolkit gnucash is using or
> > >> *possibly* a
> > >> > >>>> gnucash bug in how gnucash is using that GUI toolkit.
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>>>
> > >> > >>>>> Colin
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