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YS-L

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Registered: 2013-05-27

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[SOLVED] chromium-dev: Empty space above tab stripe

To the users of chromium-dev from AUR, has anyone noticed that there is an empty space above the tab stripe? Or is it just me?

To illustrate the situation better, please have a look at the following thumbnail. Notice that there are some empty pixels above the tab before reaching the top of the screen:

More context:
- chromium-dev version: 48.0.2564.22 (64-bit)
- Desktop environment: xfce + xmonad

Changing the layout of xmonad or making the window float does not make a difference.

However, the Chromium built from [extra] does not have this problem (circa 47.0.2526.80-1); there the tab stripe is nicely positioned right at the top of the screen.

The empty space seems like a tremendous waste of screen estate to me. Is this an expected behavior?

Last edited by YS-L (2015-12-20 05:52:19)

YS-L

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Registered: 2013-05-27

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] chromium-dev: Empty space above tab stripe

Okay, so I got this rather trivial problem sorted out -- simply check the "Use system title bar and borders" option in Settings -> Appearance. The gap was allocated for the redundant maximization / minimization / close buttons at the top right corner of the window.