On 2016-09-03 05:04 PM, Andrew Penkrat wrote:
> On Saturday, September 3, 2016 10:44:50 PM MSK, Stefan Kamps 
> <stefan.ka...@t-online.de> wrote:
>>
>> for some days now I try to use my M10 FHD tablet to edit pictures (on 
>> screen, i.e. without an external monitor). I
>> tried the preinstalled GIMP editor and also installed gthumb and shotwell in 
>> a libertine container. All Xapps work in
>> principle, but practically are hard to use.
>> The problem with all these programs is that when you open a sub-window, e.g. 
>> to change the brightness of a picture,
>> the new sub-window has the width of the full screen and in most cases covers 
>> the lower half of the screen so that you
>> can no longer see the picture which you want to edit.
>>
>> I didn't find any way to resize or move windows in Xapps.
>>
>> Does anybody know such a way or should I file a bug?
> 
> It's a limitation of libertine. If you switch to desktop mode, you'll be able 
> to launch different Xapps in separate
> windows, but all subwindows are displayed inside parent window.
> 
> As you, I'd like too see it fixed soon, though it seems not to be on 
> libertine bugtracker [1]. As I understand, it means
> it's either not actually related to libertine (e.g. is a Mir bug) or wasn't 
> yet reported.

It's not a bug in Libertine, XMir, or Mir.  Window management is simply a 
feature still under development in Unity 8 and
is nearing release readiness.


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Stephen M. Webb  <stephen.w...@canonical.com>

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