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Odd Window Behavior with GNOME

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ValveSoftware/Proton#8643 · opened 2025-05-02 by jonjonaut · updated 2026-08-15 · 16 comments · github
Jjonjonaut 2025-05-02 github

Subsequent to some updates released lately, whenever running the wine64 binary of Proton Experimental with anything the borders and the title bars of windows instead of using the normal mutter behavior seems to be handling it self on its own. E.g.

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Ssadiesilverhand 2025-05-02 github

See: ValveSoftware/wine@00b4ad2

I really hope this gets reverted, Mutter decorations work significantly better than Wine's

Wwhoisrysen 2025-05-09 github

See: ValveSoftware/wine@00b4ad2

I really hope this gets reverted, Mutter decorations work significantly better than Wine's

Wholeheartedly agree. At the very least make it controllable through env. Regardless of how well Mutter works on some systems, these old windows decorations just look ugly as shit. First time I saw it I assumed something was broken.

Llordgabor 2025-05-09 github

Please revert this, I run into issues with lots of games (3 so far).

Ttduarte 2025-05-17 github

Is there an easy way to patch from the user-side for now? Is really bothering me.

Jjonjonaut 2025-05-17 github

Is there an easy way to patch from the user-side for now?

I found it most convenient just recompiling it commented with a ProtonGE patch.

Ttduarte 2025-05-18 github

Is there an easy way to patch from the user-side for now?

I found it most convenient just recompiling it commented with a ProtonGE patch.

I have compiled Wine before, but I haven't created a patch myself. Would you mind elaborating?

PPeppoDev 2025-07-01 github

Is there any updates? If someone did a build for proton removing it, would you guys mind to share it?

Jjonjonaut 2025-07-01 github

would you guys mind to share it?

i could fork it soon with the condition commented

DDaWindersGuy 2025-07-04 github

Any progress on this issue?

TTremeschin 2025-07-23 github

Never noticed/had issues with focus loss myself (nvidia), but today wine's window and decorations interactions glitched so hard while alt tabbing a couple times in borderless fullscreen on resident evil that I had a new kernel panic in years 🤷🏻‍♂️

Downgraded to Proton 9 and it's way more well-behaved, looking forward to the mutter merge or a temp revert patch!

BBigstool 2026-01-10 github

Never noticed/had issues with focus loss myself (nvidia), but today wine's window and decorations interactions glitched so hard while alt tabbing a couple times in borderless fullscreen on resident evil that I had a new kernel panic in years 🤷🏻‍♂️

Downgraded to Proton 9 and it's way more well-behaved, looking forward to the mutter merge or a temp revert patch!

Can confirm. Alt-tabbing seems to cause the DE to freeze at times. Apparently Proton 9 doesn't have this problem.

CCuboidRaptor 2026-08-15 github

is there a plan to have this fixed on either end at some point? or is there a workaround?

Jjonjonaut 2026-08-15 github

is there a plan to have this fixed on either end at some point? or is there a workaround?

I don't think it's planned since they found it better to have it off. You could patch out the condition though and compile it.

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