GNU bug report logs - #25818
25.2; frame moved off display does not return (OS X)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)

Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 25.2

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: "Charles A. Roelli" <charles <at> aurox.ch>,  Anders Lindgren <andlind <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 25818 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, alan <at> idiocy.org
Subject: bug#25818: 25.2; frame moved off display does not return (OS X)
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 12:30:13 +0200

> I fixed the patch so that child frames are never constrained (after
> some testing, it seems that a child frame cannot get stuck off screen
> as long as its parent is still visible).  To test this out, evaluate
> the following from emacs -Q,
>
> (progn
>    (setq test-frame (make-frame `((parent-frame . ,(selected-frame)))))
>    (set-frame-position test-frame 0 500))
>
> and drag the parent frame down until its child is off screen.

Does this mean that the child frame does _not_ move together with its
parent frame?  That would constitute a major deviation from the other
platforms.

martin
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