Created attachment 4819 maximized window on main screen shows panel oddity when mazimized I have a multi monitor display, the center monitor is the main monitor which each display acting as an extension of this. On my main monitor I would like to have my top and bottom panels, however if I place a top panel on a monitor which has a monitor above it, maximized windows will go beyond the panel. This only happens when there is an above monitor. See screen shot for reference. Also, OS Debian wheezy, 4 monitors, xfce 4.8, xfwm.
This issue still exists and becomes more and more annoying as multi-monitor setups become more widespread.
I am also having this problem now that my secondary monitor is below my main. and there is a panel on bottom main. windows hide behind it.
I have same issue with xfce4-panel=4.12.0.
Created attachment 6560 patch that fixes wrong behavior of panel With attached patch it works on my dual monitor desktop. Also you can take fixed xfce4-panel here https://github.com/yaminov/xfce4-panel/ … nov/struts
Can confirm it works. Can we please include this in the master codebase?
Patch fixed the problem for me. Totally must be in 4.12.1 version.
I use external monitor as a "main screen" and it's above the laptop screen. Now all the status bars of maximized windows on the main screen are overlapped by XFCE bottom panel. Please, apply this patch to the next XFCE version.
The patch works for me for dual monitor. When adding a third monitor to the left, the behaviour is the same as before. Attachement follows. All windows are maximized. You can see the overlap in Chromium with the panel. The most left and the most right monitor (in terms of XFCE monitor enumeration) are reserving space correctly.
Created attachment 6977 Screenshot showing that the bug persists when using more than 2 monitors.
Created attachment 7870 Right monitor on left/right setup XFCE 4.12
Per screen above, six years later, this medium priority normal severity bug remains. There may be only 9 comments here, but this issue has been referenced for years across numerous forums and help sites (e.g. from 2014: https://askubuntu.com/questions/296918/how-to-make-xfce-reserve-space-for-panel-on-the-right-monitor). I love XFCE in general, but this basic disfunctionality makes it unusable for my setup.
Same problem within XFCE4. My xfce4-panel pop-ups over the maximized window (eg the webbrowser). When I use Firefox and try to search, the search bar is behind my bottom panel :\.. Actually this behavior is both applicable on my second screen as well as my primary screen.
Ps. (In reply to Melroy from comment #12) > Same problem within XFCE4. My xfce4-panel pop-ups over the maximized window > (eg the webbrowser). When I use Firefox and try to search, the search bar is > behind my bottom panel :\.. > > Actually this behavior is both applicable on my second screen as well as my > primary screen. Ps. unchecking "Don't reserve space on borders" within the settings (work-around) will NOT fix the problem either.
OK, I fixed it! I went to panel->panel settings->Unchecked "Lock panel". Now grepped the panel from outer right side (with the dots). I moved the panel up and forced it down again. This last step will cause the xfce panel to be recognized again as a bottom panel, meaning it will stay up front whenever I maximize a window. You can now "Lock the panel" again within the settings. And exit the settings windows.
I still have this bug, 7 years after the first report in 2012. Id really appreciate a fix for this, i havent seen this issue in other DEs. Its almost a deal breaker considering i usually have a youtube video/etc on my primary monitor and some other app on my second. More details about monitor setup - Laptop with an external display attached, the external one is the primary one and laptop one is secondary. OS - ubuntu 18.04 with bionic-backports Panel version - xfce4-panel 4.12.2 (Xfce 4.12)
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