Flickering (stuttery-resizing) when adding a new window or resizing a window
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Description
Hello!
I've been having an issue on my M2 MacBook Air (it occurred on both 14.x and 15.x). When adding a new window, resizing a window, or moving a window to an existing space already occupied by a window, the window will flicker and rapidly resize. Typically, this ends after I move the window out of the current space, or it will resolve automatically when the flickering window expands over the entire space.
Additionally, when opening new windows, the new window will very often open to the entire width of the screen, covering any existing tiled windows within the space.
If this is a known issue, I'd love any guidance on how to resolve it, or I can provide additional info if it's novel.
Video demonstrating the type of issue I'm facing (sorry, it was too large to upload to github): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zS5HR7OgB6kC5rbU2RTMP-xTu4lDZy19/view?usp=sharing
Thanks!
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Research direction
Reproduce the flickering and full-width window behavior on macOS using the described add, resize, and space-move scenarios, and compare it with the linked video. No source file, test, or code entry point is named, so tracing the window-management paths and defining a regression test will require familiarity with yabai.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, macos
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100