On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 15:02 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 02:29:16PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Zoho Vignochi wrote: > > > Also if I maximize a window, the edge of that window disappears a little > > > as well. The amount is very small and so does not affect the working of > > > the scrollbar but is still noticeable. Is this normal? > > > > I believe so, yes. A normal mouse pointer points up and left. The > > hotspot, the portion of the icon which is where your clicks land, is all > > that > > the GUI worries about. It is on the upper left side. Since the borders > > stop > > the mouse at the hot spot if you move your mouse to the upper or left sides > > of > > the screen the hotspot gets there first so the rest of the graphic is still > > on > > the screen. On the bottom and right sides the hotspot is the last to hit > > the > > edge so the graphic scrolls off. > > > > I think the same goes for when you maximise windows but for slightly > > different reasons. What is off the edge of the screen is the graphical edge > > of the window. It's just a few pixels. However since you're maximizing the > > workspace inside that border and the border is pretty much meaningless when > > it > > doesn't have to show you were the window ends (maximized, only one window to > > show in the first place) it is pushed off the edge of the screen to give you > > the maximum amount of space for the workspace of the window. > > > > Make sense? > > I tend to agree with you except, I think what the OP is referring to > might be a monitor that might not be adjusted properly. I've seen this > several times with monitors that have looked fine in windows may be > off center it mis-sized in debian. usually a few minutes tweaking the > monitor itself fixes it right up. > > .02 > > A
I agree, and also the installation of the specific video card drivers and software may help, at least nvidia allows to "soft-adjust" the screen on the monitor. It is useful, and the only solution when the system is dual-booted (and the screen is fine with the other OS). -- Szia: Nyizsa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Click to receive credit card help and get out of debt fast http://tags.bluebottle.com/fc/CAaCMPJkiZqooAIpx53MRZE5dKMokWjT/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]