https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409612
Bug ID: 409612
Summary: Disable shadows when windows are put side by side
Product: kwin
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: effects-various
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: raphael....@jakse.fr
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
I like to put windows side by side when I work with both / all them at the same
time (maybe editing a document in a text editor and showing it with a PDF
viewer), and KWin has support to make this easy.
However, while I like shadows under windows, I find them distracting when they
are put side by side.
The easy workaround on X11 is to disable compositing (using Alt+Shift+F12) but
this does not feel like a satisfying long-term solution.
I'd argue that shadows are useless, and actu in this specific case and that
KWin should not draw them (it could instead offer an option to merge the
borders and allow resizing the two windows sharing the border at the same time,
but this is an idea for another bug report).
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Put two windows side by side (e.g. by moving one window to the left of the
screen and another to the right, or top/bottom), or 4 windows at the corners.
OBSERVED RESULT
In a setting with two windows, the shadow of the window having the focus partly
covers the other window.
In a setting with four windows, this is a mess.
EXPECTED RESULT
No shadow should be drawn when the whole workplace is filled with
non-overlapping windows. This probably do not "cover" (pun intended) all cases,
but it should work for most common ones. Additionally, it may be nicer if the
corners are squared, like when windows are maximized.
This may be seen as a generalization of the case when a window is maximized
(but with resizable windows).
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