[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#254521: Vmware "Quick Switch" option doesn't work properly under xfwm4

[Eric Lavarde]

Hi Simon,

thanks for asking back. Actually, in the (long) mean time, I went back 
to KDE, so I assume you can close this bug.

Cheers, Eric

Simon Huggins wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:43:08AM +0200, Eric Lavarde wrote:
> 
>>VMware workstation has a modus called "Quick Switch" (F11 shortcut),
>>where the window bar disappears, the menu bar as well (with pop-up
>>functionality), and the VMware window is maximized.
>>This works well under KDE, but not under Xfce4/Xfwm4:
>>- the window bar doesn't disappear.
>>- the menu bar neither (though it pops-up as normal)
>>- and the maximized window disappears behind the bottom of the screen
>>  because menu bar and window bar are not counted in the 
>>  "window maximization calculation".
> 
> 
>>Hope this is all clear (I join a snapshot), don't hesitate to ask back if you
>>need more information or clarification.
> 
> 
>>VMware is installed as RPM package:
>>VMwareWorkstation-4.0.0-4460
> 
> 
> Does this still happen with 4.2.2 in unstable?
> 
> Did you try setting the panel to autohide?
> 
> Simon.
> 

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