I have experienced this problem over the years. I am currently seeing it with Ubuntu 18.04.1 and Evince Document Viewer 3.28.2.
The symptoms I observe are more extensive than others have described: When the document is opened, its window is pinned to the upper left corner. The window cannot be dragged out of the corner. The window size is also fixed, none of the edges or corners can be dragged. None of the buttons on the window's top bar work, so I have to press the Super key and close Evince from the desktop. However, I have just determined that this problem only occurs with certain PDF's and not others. Attached is an example PDF that causes the problem in my hands. ** Attachment added: "PulseSensorAmpd - Schematic.pdf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1579142/+attachment/5202733/+files/PulseSensorAmpd%20-%20Schematic.pdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579142 Title: Evince windows cannot be resized after upgrade to Xenial Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Since upgrade to Xenial, windows of evince cannot be resized on my machine. Windows can be maximized and restored, but windows cannot be resized with the mouse to arbitrary width and height. Works fine for windows of other applications. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: evince 3.18.2-1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-58.64~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt16 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-58-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Fri May 6 18:27:55 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-05 (183 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805) SourcePackage: evince UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1579142/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
