GNU bug report logs - #9925
24.0.91; Maxmized, minimize, restore: emacs window hides under taskbar

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Rolf Campbell <rcampbell-cygwin <at> dragonwaveinc.com>

Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:27:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 10534

Found in versions 23.3, 24.0.91

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Rolf Campbell <rcampbell-cygwin <at> dragonwaveinc.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9925: 24.0.91; Maxmized, minimize, restore: emacs window
	hides under taskbar
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 10:57:02 -0400

On 2012-05-25 13:04, Juanma Barranquero wrote:
>>> 1) Move Windows XP taskbar to left side of screen.
>>> 1) Run "emacs -Q"
>>> 2) Click the maximize button (in the window title bar).
>>> 3) Click the minimize button (in the window title bar).
>>> 4) Click the emacs taskbar button.
> 
>>> Actual Result:
>>> Emacs window is shoved to the left-hand edge of the screen, partly obscured behind the taskbar.
> 
>> I testing this issue on Windows 7 and got the same results.  This is not
>> limited to Windows XP.
> 
> I can not reproduce it on Windows 7. After 4), Emacs uses the full
> screen, minus the left-side taskbar, which is not obscured.
> 
>     Juanma

Sorry, I left out an important detail.  For Windows 7, you must be
running the "Windows Classic" theme.  With any of the normal themes,
emacs work correctly.
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