maximized windows resize to full screen and get cut off by dock

[Be-ing]

Sometimes maximized windows get resized to the entire area of the screen so part ends up getting hidden by the dock. I can work around this by unmaximizing then remaximizing the window, but it keeps happening so this gets quite frustrating. Here the bottom of the window is cut off:

This is what it looks like properly maximized:

Using GNOME Shell 3.38.2 on Fedora 33 with Wayland.

[daekdroom]

I can confirm this happens on Arch Linux, GNOME Shell 3.38.3, Wayland, specially with Firefox, it's triggered every time I come back from the lock screen.

[cjao]

On my machine, this happens only in Wayland, not in an X11 session.

[ghost]

Same problem here with Gnome 3.38.3 and Wayland.

[plumlis]

same here

[vanvugt]

Downstream Ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1917939

[ghost]

Same here, on archlinux

[Be-ing]

FWIW, this bug was annoying enough that I have since switched back to KDE.

[plumlis]

Seems devs fixed this in mutter https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/1627 but don't know if they will backport to 3.38 or 3.36

[Be-ing]

Hooray I'll give GNOME 40 a try when Fedora 34 releases soon. This issue was so annoying that I switched back to KDE.

[viossat]

On a fresh install of Fedora 33 with GNOME 3.38.4 it happens when I resume from sleep. Switching to Xorg solves the issue.

[vanvugt]

This bug can probably close. It's been fixed in mutter instead per the above links.

[venteto]

I hadn't noticed this in awhile, but now I see it is still present in GNOME 40 (Wayland, haven't checked X11). I think generally I've always noticed it with GNOME Terminator going behind the vertical dock, until I un-maximize it and then re-maximize it. This happened just now after my Manjaro laptop ceased screen blanking:

I thought an upgraded Mutter was going to fix everything, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

[PaulPlaying]

same here, gnome 40.4 on fedora 34 using x11:

[LuccoJ]

Yes, still present with mutter-41.3-1.fc35 and current Dash to Dock as of January 2022 (not actually sure how to see the version number). My computer has a defect in that it often thinks the lid is being briefly closed, and when that happens this bug almost invariably appears. It does mean a lot of window resizing.

As of October 2022, this is still an issue with GNOME 43.

[vanvugt]

New downstream Ubuntu bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1961508

[KaffeineKicks]

Confirmed and constantly reproducible on Wayland, Gnome 44, gnome-shell=44.5, libwayland=1.22.0, and dash-to-dock=v87.

Only happens with windows that maximized and inactive; active maximized window is restored correctly.

Overlapping does not depend on dock mode (dock/panel) or on dock placement (any screen side), present in any case. Occurs both after screen lock/unlock, and after sleep/wakeup with disabled screen auto-lock.

Only happens on Wayland session, while on X11 session the resizing works correctly.

[riffer33]

Solus, Gnome 44.3, Wayland.

At some point after some inactivity the dock just starts overlapping maximized windows.

I usually leave the extensions settings open so I can just change the position from bottom to one of the others and back and it starts working again for a while.

[Lvceo]

GNOME 45.1 / Manjaro

TBH, I really like this behavior, it saves me a lot of space on my poor resolution laptop. It doesn't happen just w/ Terminator but other apps too (like Zoom maximized, etc), and for me it's cool reducing wasted vertical space. I moved from X11 to Wayland just for that :-)

[acuteaura]

This shows up on NixOS 23.11. When waking up from suspend, all windows run through reflow before dash-to-dock loads and it remains broken until you Meta + Down and Meta + Up every window.

[jtherrmann]

Also seeing this on Debian 12 with GNOME 43.9 on Wayland, with the dock in the vertical-left position, set to always be visible. I have tried locking/unlocking the screen and suspending/resuming in order to intentionally reproduce it, but have not been able to. I have not yet noticed a pattern except that I'll switch back to some window and suddenly it's being overlapped by the dock. As others have stated, toggling the window's maximization state fixes it.

[riffer33]

Another way is to right click on the dock near the 9 dots thing and select settings. Go to select position on screen and switch it to one of the other settings and then back.

I would note that I used Dash to Dock for Cosmic on Debian 12 and didn't have this problem.

[jtherrmann]

I enabled auto-hide in dash-to-dock since I realized I don't need the dock always visible anyway, but I also happened to stumble across this setting in dconf Editor and I'm curious if it resolves the issue for anyone (sorry if it's already been mentioned): mutter / wayland / auto-maximize

[alba-ado]

Still present in Ubuntu 22.04.3 with GNOME version 42.9 with wayland enabled. I have a dual-monitor setup and windows get left behind the dock everytime I lock and unlock the screen.

[City-busz]

I submitted a patch to mutter that should fix this problem: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/3601

[balazscseh]

Still happening to me on Fedora 40 KDE, not only after sleep but from fresh boot too. If i resize to a smaller window and then back full screen it solves the problem until the next boot.