GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 692580
Snapping should not hide titlebars
Last modified: 2013-02-08 14:57:01 UTC
In gnome-terminal 3.7, maximizing or snapping the window causes the titlebar to hide, similar to other GNOME programs. However, unlike most other programs, the titlebar here was very useful for two reasons: 1. The terminal has almost no elements that would indicate whether the window is focused or not. The titlebar was the most visible one; without it, the only things left are the shade of the scrollbar, and the full/empty cursor. 2. In a terminal, the titlebar also displays useful information such as the current working directory (as well as the hostname for ssh logins). In many cases, this information is *only* available from the titlebar – such as when watching the logs for a long compile (and the user@host prompt has scrolled away looong ago). For the two reasons above, removing title bars from snapped or maximized gnome-terminal windows greatly decreases the usability of gnome-terminal, so I'm asking for an exception to be made in the new&shiny "app menus" design. The title bar should be re-added.
Created attachment 234470 [details] Screenshot (3.6) In this 3.6 screenshot, it is clear that the window on the right is focused.
Created attachment 234471 [details] Screenshot (3.7) In this screenshot, both windows look almost identical. (Note: Even the cursor shape cannot be relied on, since full-screen terminal programs often hide the cursor. Example: htop.)
See bug 670291.
Created attachment 234525 [details] Screenshot (dark titlebar) (In reply to comment #3) > See bug 670291. Thanks, somehow I didn't find it before... I'm still not convinced. Removing the titlebar only adds 1-2 lines and doesn't make the window any wider in columns. At the same time, it removes useful information, as you noted in bug 670291 comment 2. The aesthetics question in that bug report could be answered by making the titlebar black as well (bug 649358).
I agree here: hiding the titlebar does not work with the current design of gnome-terminal. It only works for applications that have a draggable toolbar up top, and should never be done for windows that have a menubar. In the gnome-terminal case, an additional problem is that the title contains important information that is not displayed anywhere else.
reverted for now, after talking to chpe