jakebian/snaptile

Unity on Ubuntu 17.04

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#1 opened on Jun 8, 2017

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Description

I am running current Ubuntu 17.04 and latest patches apṕlied, running Unity, one screen @ 3200x1800 and start snaptile as user manually.

The most left window is misplaced, the calculation seems to ignore unity launcher, which is on the left (default). CTRL-ALT-Q-X results in

 Absolute upper-left X:  74
 Absolute upper-left Y:  65
 Relative upper-left X:  0
 Relative upper-left Y:  0
Corners:  +74+65  -1526+65  -1526-0  +74-0
-geometry 1600x1735+61--13

If I drag the window on the left, so unity changes the size, I get following result:

Absolute upper-left X:  61
Absolute upper-left Y:  65
Relative upper-left X:  0
Relative upper-left Y:  0
Corners:  +61+65  -1569+65  -1569-0  +61-0
-geometry 1570x1735+48--13

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python
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Knowledge of X11 window geometryPython
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Research direction
Investigate how snaptile calculates the window geometry for tiling, particularly the left offset. The issue indicates that the Unity launcher width (about 13 pixels) is being ignored. Look in the source code for functions that retrieve window positions (e.g., using xwininfo or Xlib calls) and adjust the calculation to account for the launcher or the actual usable workarea. Check if the issue has been addressed in any subsequent commits or discussions.
Unity on Ubuntu 17.04 · jakebian/snaptile#1 | Good First Issue