Description of problem: When I resize a window to make it "large" but not maximized on the full screen (e.g. takes up all vertical space, and ~70% or more of horizontal space), that window size is not used the next time an application is opened; instead, the program starts with a maximized window. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-shell-3.4.1-5.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open a new application window (I can reproduce with at least: Chromium, Firefox, Gnome "Files" application). 2. Resize window to take up all vertical space on the screen and most of the horizontal space (roughly 1223 x 741 on my laptop screen with a total resolution of 1366 x 768) 3. Close application by clicking on the 'X' in the corner. Actual results: When application is opened the next time, the window opens up maximized. Expected results: Window should open up at the last-used size. Additional info: When windows are sized smaller (e.g. 1223 x 578), closed, and then opened again, they open up to the last-used size. I can consistently reproduce this bug on my laptop but cannot reproduce it on my desktop (1920 x 1080 resolution) -- both running F17 and latest updates.
Any ideas on this? It's quite annoying to have to resize windows all the time.
I am afraid that this is actually a "feature" rather than a bug. http://git.gnome.org/browse/mutter/commit/?id=f2f500836ef217bfbd7bbf5ad54c9248cbdb7925 : Windows that start up in a size that is almost as big as the workarea : create extra work for the user (resizing or maximizing) so save the : user's time by detecting such windows and automaximize them. "save the user's time"! I hope there will be an option to turn this off.
Ah, the bug is already filed agaist mutter: Bug 821589 - Mutter second guessing explicitly set window size, maximises instead
Thanks, I'm marking this as a duplicate of Bug 821589 since there's more info there on the cause. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 821589 ***