Adjusting text height in own beamer template

[wollmich]

With an older version of the beamer package (from 2022) I was able to adjust the text height in my own beamer template (sty file) using the following code:

% workaround for adjusting the text height
\BeforeBeginEnvironment{frame}{%
  \ifnum\thepage<2 \addtolength{\textheight}{-10pt} \fi%
}

This does not work with the newest version of beamer 3.71 2024-01-06.

Is there another way to change the text height in a beamer template?

[samcarter]

You could add some vertical space to the head- or footline on the first frame. Beamer now automatically recalculates the frame geometry at the start of every frame, so the textheight will be adjusted to take the additional space into account.

[samcarter]

Is the first page meant to be some kind of title page? If yes, you could also use the title page template to shift the content.

[wollmich]

In the older version I just had to adjust the text height on the first page and it was used for all pages.

[samcarter]

Beamer now recalculates the frame geometry at the start of every frame to allow for head- and footlines of different heights

[samcarter]

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\addtobeamertemplate{footline}{\vskip10pt}{}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}{Frame Title}
    \lipsum[2]
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Frame Title}
    \lipsum[2]
\end{frame}

\end{document}

[wollmich]

Adding some space to to the foot line, solves the problem.