Guake
Resizing window height not working on Ubuntu 18.04
- Guake Version: 3.2.2
- Related: https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/421
- Ubuntu 18.04 // 4.15.0-22-generic //
- Ubuntu Gnome and Vanilla Gnome tested
It looks like window resizing was removed in version 3.0.2 (#1073) because it was broken - I assume by the GTK3 port.
Is there any plan on bringing it back? I never realized how frequently I resize the window, now that I can't. I had to go back to 0.8.13.
I use it regularly with ctrl+up/down. You may want to install it from pip (pip install --user guake) because the debian package is no more updated
Huh, I was unaware of those key bindings. That certainly does help the situation! However, I would still like to see the return of resizing with the mouse.
I find my self wanting to resize the terminal when I'm already using the mouse, so Mouse -> Keyboard -> Mouse is a more likely workflow interruption than Keyboard -> Mouse -> Keyboard (which is why it was never really a bother before).
There is also the more pedantic point about UI consistency. Guake 3.x, right now, is the only window I can't resize with the mouse. Though maybe that should be taken with a grain of salt since it is already bucking some UI conventions :)
I don't now if this works under Gnome but it does under kde and other WMs: alt+right click+drag resizes a window
alt+right click+drag does work, but it's super awkward on a laptop keyboard. Plus, it still involves the keyboard, so ctrl+up/down is still the simplest alternative.
Also, as of guake 3.4.0, split terminals can be resized via the mouse, but the main window still can not be.
Just upgraded from 2.8 and sorely missing this feature, it is the reason I actually installed Guake instead of using the Gnome 3 "drop down terminal" extension.
Here is some code that shows it is disabled/not working now: https://github.com/Guake/guake/blob/fa6c0676ff271806b44531031ff869362c5f920a/guake/guake_app.py#L242
There is a quasi-workaround for those who want to switch the height because something is in the way. That workaround is to toggle the top/bottom placement with a keyboard shortcut. There isn't a native shortcut option for this (yet) but you can make one easily using dconf. I have one made for the fish shell here https://gitlab.com/snippets/1718774 and attached a GIF of the behavior.
The GIF above is overlapping a bit, but you can go into preferences and change the window height so it doesn't do that:
I don't now if this works under Gnome but it does under kde and other WMs:
alt+right click+dragresizes a window
With this in mind, is this really even an issue at this point? This works fine for me.
I don't now if this works under Gnome but it does under kde and other WMs:
alt+right click+dragresizes a windowWith this in mind, is this really even an issue at this point? This works fine for me.
This doesn't work for me on Gnome 3. However, even if it did I would still say this is a pretty big UX issue and possibly even an accessibility issue. I think it needs to be fixed.
