nextcloud / nextcloud/talk-desktop

Window decoration get misplaced if I plug in an external monitor

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bug low os: Linux 🐧
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The problem happens with Fedora 41 (Wayland and Gnome). I can rule out that it is a general Wayland|Gnome|Linux issue because other Electron Apps like for example Signal don't have the issue

Steps to reproduce

  1. Start the Talk desktop client
    2.Plug-in a external monitor
  2. The window decoration of the desktop client is misplaced.
Expected behavior

Windows decoration should be still at the right place.

Actual behaviour

Image

If I manage to click the close button (small shaddow at the right of the screenshot) and open it again from the trayicon everything is fine again:

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Diagnosis and logs

Diagnosis report

Insert a diagnosis report here.

It can be found in the About window (open from the menu or via F1 and click on "Copy report" button).

Client logs

Press Ctrl+Shift+I (Cmd+Option+C on macOS) or use the context menu to open the developer tools, then go to the Console tab.

Insert error logs here.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the window-decoration displacement on Fedora 41 with Wayland and GNOME while plugging in an external monitor. Check the developer-tools console and the About-window diagnosis report, which are currently missing; the fix is complete when the decoration remains correctly positioned after the monitor is connected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
electron, javascript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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