rust-windowing / rust-windowing/winit
Window size flickering when moving between screens on Linux
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Description
This has been reported to Alacritty in https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/issues/2030.
It seems like moving Windows between screens on Linux can lead to some weird glitchiness. See this gif for demonstration:
And another video showing the same thing: https://i.imgur.com/x3eLaVB.mp4.
This was tested with the latest git release from winit using the glutin examples.
Edit: Note that both reports have been on X11, so this is likely an X11 exclusive problem.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the flicker with the glutin examples while moving windows between screens on X11. Inspect the winit window-handling path involved in screen changes and compare behavior with the reported GIF and video. Done means window size remains stable when moved between X11 screens.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, rust
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100