GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 666469
maximized windows obscured by dock
Last modified: 2013-05-24 14:48:13 UTC
In older versions of the dock extension, the extension was smart enough to redefine the shell's idea of what a maximized window is, so that maximized windows would abut the extension rather than being obscured by it. This functionality has regressed in version 3.2.1 of the extension. When you maximize a window, it is partially obscured under the dock (assuming you don't have auto-hide enabled). Please bring back the old, correct behavior.
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.
3.2.3 doesn't completely fix this issue. In particular, when: a) I put the dock on the right side of my main screen, and b) I have a second screen to the right of my main screen, then when I maximize windows on my main screen, they continue to be obscured by the dock. If I move the dock to the left, OR I disable the second screen, this problem goes away. So the fix is partial but not complete. Reopening ticket.
I'm assuming this was caused by autohide and the dock sliding into the other monitor. If so, it should be fixed in the latest version (3.4), please upgrade from http://extensions.gnome.org. Please verify and close as appropriate.
This is NOT fixed in gnome-shell-extension-dock-3.4.0-1.fc17.noarch in Fedora 17. When I put the dock on the right side of my primary monitor (secondary monitor is to the right of primary monitor), auto-hide NOT turned on, and maximize a window, part the window fills the whole screen, including part of it being stuck under the dock. The right thing DOES happen if the dock is on the left side of the screen; it's only behaving wrong on the right (more likely, it's only behaving wrong on the side where there's another monitor next to it, but that's just a guess).
Still broken in git HEAD.
The extension has been removed from gnome-shell-extensions, so closing as obsolete.