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PaulR · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 202 Location: UK

I noticed that the status bar doesn't display when a window is maximised under FVWM (at least not on my computer) although it works fine under IceWM.

rarsa · Posted: Wed 14 Sep 2005, 13:48 Post_subject:

I have the impression that it is not a Mozilla bug, but the window manager behaviour where apps maximize to the full screen regardless of the task bar.

Isn't the status bar behind the WM task bar?

PaulR · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 202 Location: UK

rarsa: You could be right - I seem to recall now that the partly hidden window effect was one reason I stopped using FVWM!

Edit: Just checked - you're right!

Glitchman · Guest

Here is what I do to handle the situation:

Uncomment the following line in ~/.fvwm95rc:
*FvwmTaskBarAutoHide

This enables the taskbar to autohide, just like in Windows. I find this feature to be essential since Puppy limits my video options to 800*600*16bit color. With this, maximized apps are no longer an issue, and fvwm95 becomes far more useful.