Re: Hotlist window issue

> On 27 Aug 2023, at 22:42, Harriet Bazley <lists@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On 27 Aug 2023 as I do recall,
> Frederick Bambrough wrote:
>
>> Is this a known bug?
>>
>> Hotlist ignores 'Allow windows off screen' configuration settings when
>> 'off screen' is disallowed. It moves freely off screen in all directions
>> except 'top' where it stops with the top edge of the title bar off screen.
>>
>> Other NetSurf windows do as expected.
>>
> I reported an offscreen-hotlist-related window issue back in 2021. It
> has never been acknowledged, let alone confirmed or resolved (and it's
> still present, and as annoying as ever).
> https://bugs.netsurf-browser.org/mantis/view.php?id=2831
>
> Its is not normal RISC OS behaviour for the 'toggle window size' icon to
> expand the window *beyond the edge of the screen*, whatever the 'Allow
> windows off screen' configuration is, and indeed other NetSurf windows
> behave as expected - you can drag them manually so that portions are
> off-screen, but as soon as you toggle the size they expand to the
> largest possible size that will fit on the screen (moving to the top of
> the screen if necessary in order to fit in the maxmimum-size window) but
> no larger.
>
> The hotlist simply expands downwards from its current position, which
> causes the resize icon and bottom scroll arrow to disappear off the
> bottom of the screen, which under RISC OS means that you *can't* then
> resize it manually to make the bottom items accessible again….
>

I think both problems are controlled by bit 6 of the window flags - if you
have a template editor you may be able to fix this.

Christian

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