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Shells.setPositionIncludesTrim(false) makes the shell too tall

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by locating the implementation of Shells.setPositionIncludesTrim(boolean) and inspect how it computes shell bounds when the flag is false. Reproduce the reported case and compare the resulting height with the titlebar height. Done means the shell is positioned at the top left with the requested width and without the extra titlebar-height offset.

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Description

bug

Using Shells.setPositionIncludesTrim(false) places the top left and sets the width correctly, but it makes the shell too tall (by an amount equal to the height of the titlebar).

Dominant language
Java
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Forks
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