steam chat window issue

steamclosed reviewedSteam client

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#1563 · opened 2013-02-11 by getlit · updated 2019-07-18 · 7 comments · github

Ggetlit 2013-02-11 github

When I move my steam chat, it condenses the window into a small icon as I drag the chat window. This is stupid because I can't see exactly where my window will be and what part of the screen it is taking up. If this was an intentional change, it was poorly thought through.

Here is a ss: http://postimage.org/image/lz0hh56i7/

Please fix.

i7 3.5ghz
Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 3901 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit) (Gnome 3)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.5.0-23-generic
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11300000

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  4.3.0 NVIDIA 313.18
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0x1183
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.91" x 11.77"  (23.98" diag)
                                        53.1cm x 29.9cm  (60.9cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 2048 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: VIA VT2020

Memory:
RAM: 7946 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 217318 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 176813 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:
Sun Feb 10 00:19:50 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130209161950_1.dmp'', upload no: ''Couldn't resolve host name''
Mon Feb 11 03:24:23 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130210192423_1.dmp'', upload no: ''Couldn't resolve host name''

Oolavd 2013-02-11 github

Could be an issue related to Mutter, but what happen when you try other window managers?

Ggetlit 2013-02-11 github

I haven't reproduced the issue on anything else as of yet.

Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2013-02-11 github

I can't reproduce a problem here (using Unity).

Oolavd 2013-02-11 github

I have only tested this with Kwin4 (in 4.8.5 and 4.9.x) and the window behaves correctly regardless of whether desktop effects are enabled or not.

Ggetlit 2013-02-11 github

Hmmmm. Maybe it is exclusive to Mutter and gnome 3 on the 12.10 platform.
I don't think my graphics drivers would have anything to do with it. It
self fixed then reverted back to the same issue previously.

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Olav Dahlum [email protected]:

I have only tested this with Kwin4 (in 4.8.5 and 4.9.x) and the window
behaves correctly regardless of whether desktop effects are enabled or not.

—
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1563#issuecomment-13407467.

Mmagcius 2013-05-04 github

This is unrelated to window managers: the same behavior happens without any window manager at all. It only happens when dragging the chat tab itself, not the window.

Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2013-05-07 github

After discussion with other Steam team members it appears that this behavior is expected. It works the same way on Windows, where tearing off a chat tab gives you a small window to drag around. If you feel this behavior should be changed you'll need to make a feature request in the regular Steam forums.

Upstream links

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1563x1 2013-02