GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 346900
Window title bar off screen
Last modified: 2006-07-20 12:32:33 UTC
Please describe the problem: The title bar of most gtk windows is rendered off the top of the screen, as is the menubar. This means that menu options are not visible/useable. There is no way to move the windows at all, as such menus cant be reached my mouse. Steps to reproduce: 1. Install gtk+-2.8.18-1 from http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gimp-win/gtk+-2.8.18-setup-1.zip?download 2. Install a GTK app, I've tried Gimp and Ethereal 3. Run the application. Actual results: The application opens with its titlebar and menu off the top of the screen. Expected results: Application opens normally with titlebar visable. Does this happen every time? Yep. Other information: I've have a dual screen setup. Most of the windows open on the secondary screen (left) and this is where the problem is. The right screen dimesion is 1021x768 and the left 1280x1024. Though the problem still shows even when I have both screens at 1024x738. Also, in ethereal, when I Alt+F (to bring up file menu I know exists but cant see), the menu appears on the top left of the right screen even though the window is on the left screen.
How can you say "most gtk windows" if you in fact have tried just two applications? I can assure you that gtk top-level windows in general certainly don't open with their title bars off-screen on Windows. Some applications might have bugs that cause this to happen for their windows. Your GIMP problem most probably is caused by #339099. See also #324254.
When I said "most gtk windows" I meant it in the context the applications I have tried, on my computer, with my setup, not in the universe of all GTK applications on all computers with every possible setup. I will attempt to be more precise in my future bugzilla correspondence. Thanks for the feedback. #339099 seems to fix the issue with Gimp, upgraded to 2.2.12 and all is good. I'll follow the Ethereal issue up with the Ethereal devs. Shall I mark this bug as NOTGNOME ?
If upgrading GIMP fixed your problem with it, mark this bug as a duplicate of bug #339099. Ethereal might indeed have some similar issue, or maybe it is hit by the (still unfixed) problem in bug #324254 (calling gtk_widget_realize() too early is harmful on Win32).
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 339099 ***