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Topic: «Desktop divider vs. resizing via the menu » on forum: Technical Support

Emma Stott
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Joined: 08/05/2016

Posted: 08/05/2016 04:23:33

Hi folks,

I have a bit of a weird issue regarding resizing windows, related to the window size vs. the client size (I think).

I have a 3440px x 1440px monitor, and I've used the desktop divider feature to chop this up into three panels:

654px (19%) | 2132px (62%) | 654px (19%)

There's no additional rows, so all of these panels are 100% height.

When I drag a window into one of those panels it resizes to the correct dimensions and fits exactly as I expected. Inspecting the window reveals that it's actually the client size that is correct, and the window size is slightly larger (presumably to account for the border): http://i.imgur.com/Lydsyb8.png

Windows moved into either of the side panels also resize to the correct dimensions, so no problems there.

Things get a bit weird when I use the resize window menu option to resize a window to 2132px x 100% of desktop. This operation seems to set the window size, not the client size, and so the window ends up slightly smaller than expected: http://i.imgur.com/Z3dapFC.png

I know this is really minor, and I understand it's probably just a Windows thing and not an issue with AWM itself. I'm just curious if there's any way I can have consistency when I resize a window via the menu vs. the dividers.

Thanks! :)

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Alex Fadeyev
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Posts: 1436
Joined: 09/30/2005

Posted: 08/05/2016 17:42:16

Hi Emma,

Thank you for a detailed description of the issue. However, we need some more details though:

name and version of the Actual Tools product that you have a problem with (e.g. Actual Multiple Monitors 8.1)
version of your Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, etc.)
edition of your Windows (32-bit or 64-bit)
name and version of the 3rd party program, in case you have a problem with some particular software (e.g. Mozilla Firefox 22.0)

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