When downloading something, the pop up screen is too big

vugongas · 2022-02-05 12:55:02

I have i3 and I am having this problem that whenever I download an image or something from the internet, when the screen pops up to name the file and choose the destination folder, the interface is too big. I can't see the name or even the save button, so I just type and click Enter. Today I installed a file manager (dolphin) and I thought it would solve it but the problem still persists. Does anyone know what could be the issue here?

Edit: My laptop is connected to an external monitor with a different aspect ratio. I disable the laptop screen in the I3 config file and I believe the problem might be related to this but I am not sure and also clueless how to solve it if this is indeed the problem

Last edited by vugongas (2022-02-05 13:24:55)

Trilby · 2022-02-05 13:29:05

The file manager is irrelevant. The window in question is a dialog belonging to the browser. If it is firefox it would be a gtk dialog. There may be several ways to set the window size (browser configs, window manager rules, gtk configs) but I believe what has worked for me in the past is to at least temporarily run a WM that makes it easier to resize the window manually once, after which it saved it's last state and comes up at that size the next time it is used.

I doubt the multiple monitor set up is relevant. The symptoms you are seeing are a common issue with gtk dialogs in tiling WMs.

Last edited by Trilby (2022-02-05 13:30:18)

vugongas · 2022-02-05 14:15:13

Thank you for the reply. I believe you are correct, I'll have to take a look at the firefox configs.

ishaanbhimwal · 2022-02-05 14:23:44

You can set custom size of a floating window in i3:

for_window [class="Thunar"] resize set 640 480 #to change size of Thunar file manager, found by xprop
for_window [window_role="(?i)GtkFileChooserDialog"] resize set 640 480 #to set size of file choose dialog
for_window [class=".*"] resize set 640 480 #to change size of floating windows

Instead of "resize set 640 480" you can also use "move position center" to center all floating windows.

vugongas · 2022-02-05 20:07:13

ishaanbhimwal wrote:

You can set custom size of a floating window in i3:
for_window [class="Thunar"] resize set 640 480 #to change size of Thunar file manager, found by xprop
for_window [window_role="(?i)GtkFileChooserDialog"] resize set 640 480 #to set size of file choose dialog
for_window [class=".*"] resize set 640 480 #to change size of floating windows 
Instead of "resize set 640 480" you can also use "move position center" to center all floating windows.

This was exactly my problem and it just fixed it! Thank you so much!

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#1 2022-02-05 12:55:02

When downloading something, the pop up screen is too big

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