Cannot resize window taller than screen (inconsistent with metacity)

This is related to my bug #240736

As another partial workaround, you can use the keyboard bindings for moving and resizing. It appears that only moving and resizing with the mouse is constrained.

Press alt-space to open up the window menu, and press M for move or R for resize. Cursor keys move the cursor, hit Enter to finish.

You can't resize outside the visible space in one go, but it's doable in steps, by moving most of the window outside the visible area and then resizing it (repeat if necessary).

Also you can run gconf_editor and change
/apps/compiz/plugins/move/allscreens/options/constrain_y
to False.

However I think that it should default to be the same as metacity. It is anti-intuitive to have this option depend upon "Visual Effects".Visual Effects

I can confirm this bug on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 with compiz 0.7.8.

One possible solution could be NOT having constrain y toggled by default (easier). Another solution could be to change the way the constrain y code works -- that is, impose the constraint not only on the title bar itself, but on the whole window. That way, you wont be able to resize the window down below the bottom panel.

You can resize using the top of the window, btw.

Unsubscribing ubuntu-main-sponsors, there is no patch here.

See branch lp:~compiz/compiz/ubuntu

This bug was fixed in the package compiz - 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu14

---------------
compiz (1:0.8.2-0ubuntu14) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/compiz-gnome.gconf-defaults:
    - Disable switching between desktop with mousewheel over desktop background
      as this options is too easily launched by mistake, especially on laptops
      with touchpads. (Saïvann Carignan, LP: #147230)
    - Set /apps/compiz/plugins/move/allscreens/options/constrain_y to false
      by default to be consistent with metacity (LP: #221698)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:09:04 +0200

This has just been re-broken by "fixing" bug 82654.

There should be a more complete fix in Compiz 0.8.4

The fix for bug 82654 also refixed this bug as much as we're going to. You can still move the window with alt-click and the Window menu, just like metacity.

More complete fix attempt:
http://cgit.compiz-fusion.org/compiz/core/commit/?h=compiz-0.8&id=6e281003bbcb01ac028aa963ab1bee0349c41376
http://cgit.compiz-fusion.org/compiz/core/commit/?h=compiz-0.8&id=3075fa6eac1f4c7faa804b319f916899589702cc

This bug was fixed in the package compiz - 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu1

---------------
compiz (1:0.8.4-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * new upstream release: (LP: #451773)
    - cannot resize window taller than screen (LP: #221698)
    - moving a "always on visible workspace" window to another workspace
      makes it inaccessible (LP: #290079)
    - enabling "always on visible workspace" for window on another
      workspace does not bring to current workspace (LP: #372626)
    - screenshot plugin gets confused by screenshot02.png.sig file (LP: #382969)
    - window moves when closed (LP: #444836)
    - translation updates
  * debian/compiz-gnome.install:
    - don't install the gconf plugin at all, it just causes problems with
      the ccp plugin (LP: #439287)
  * debian/watch:
    - updated for new release website

 -- Travis Watkins <email address hidden> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:55:25 -0500

Is the improved behavior that there is no y-constraint when moving with alt-drag or after choosing "Move" in the window menu?

Yep, that's how it is supposed to work.

Same here.I can not resize window When I using Ufraw 0.15 on the Ubuntu 9.0.4.
How Can I fix this?Please help me.