[gentoo-user] Chrome - no system title bar or boarders

[Mark Knecht]

Sorry to cross post. I put this on the KDE list yesterday but no responses. As I run Kubuntu I thought that it would be a better place to start.

Starting yesterday morning both of my KDE machines no longer show a system title bar or border for Chrome, and only Chrome. All other apps are fine. Right clicking the Chrome tab area has a checkbox for 'Use system title bar and borders' but it does nothing. Chrome version 94.0.4606.54.

Losing the title bar means losing (as far as I know) the ability to pin an instance of Chrome to all virtual desktops which I use for browser streamed media - YouTube, Netflix, etc. I've switched that window to Firefox for the time being.

As Gentoo is usually a bit further forward I wondered if anyone here using Chrome and KDE has seen this issue?

Thanks,

Mark

[Steve Evans]

Mine is also missing the title bar. However the "Use system
title bar and borders" /does/ restore the normal title bar for me. This
is also version 94.0.4606.54 on KDE.

Steve
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[Mark Knecht]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 11:10 AM Steve Evans <gento...@gorbag.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:53:57 -0700
> Mark Knecht <markk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Sorry to cross post. I put this on the KDE list yesterday but no
> > responses. As I run Kubuntu I thought that it would be a better place
> > to start.
> >
> > Starting yesterday morning both of my KDE machines no longer show a
> > system title bar or border for Chrome, and only Chrome. All other
> > apps are fine. Right clicking the Chrome tab area has a checkbox for
> > 'Use system title bar and borders' but it does nothing. Chrome
> > version 94.0.4606.54.
> >
> > Losing the title bar means losing (as far as I know) the ability to
> > pin an instance of Chrome to all virtual desktops which I use for
> > browser streamed media - YouTube, Netflix, etc. I've switched that
> > window to Firefox for the time being.
> >
> > As Gentoo is usually a bit further forward I wondered if anyone here
> > using Chrome and KDE has seen this issue?
> >
>
> Mine is also missing the title bar. However the "Use system
> title bar and borders" /does/ restore the normal title bar for me. This
> is also version 94.0.4606.54 on KDE.
>
> Steve

Thanks Steve.  Glad to know at least it works for you.

Kubuntu updated Chrome this morning but the problem still exists.

Assuming user error on my part, do you or anyone else reading know of any KDE

System Settings that might tell KDE not to use system title bars on a certain

application window? Maybe something got set or tweeked that's causing

this problem?

Sadly still no response on the KDE list.

Thanks,

Mark

[Spackman, Chris]

On 2021/09/24 at 09:42am, Mark Knecht wrote:


> Kubuntu updated Chrome this morning but the problem still exists.

I use Fluxbox and had the same issue. Found this today:

https://piunikaweb.com/2021/09/23/google-chrome-94-use-system-title-bar-and-borders-checkbox-broken/

To fix the problem:

<start>

you will need to head over to the chrome://flags page and find the
“use-ozone-platform” setting.

Make sure to change it from default to disabled, restart your Chrome
browser and you will be good to go."

<end>

I can confirm that this worked for me here.

It seems to be a Google Chrome bug that is fixed / being fixed in the
next version (also from the above link).

I have NOT tried this fix on KDE.

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[Frank Steinmetzger]

Am Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 09:53:57AM -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:

> Starting yesterday morning both of my KDE machines no longer show a system
> title bar or border for Chrome, and only Chrome. All other apps are fine.
> Right clicking the Chrome tab area has a checkbox for 'Use system title bar
> and borders' but it does nothing. Chrome version 94.0.4606.54.
>
> Losing the title bar means losing (as far as I know) the ability to pin an
> instance of Chrome to all virtual desktops which I use for browser streamed
> media - YouTube, Netflix, etc.

Not a solution, but a workaround:
I’ve been using keyboard shortcuts for this kind of function for many years.

Super+A = Window on all desktops
Super+F = Fullscreen
Super+Shift+F = Toggle window border
Super+S = Shade window
Super+T = Window on top
...

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[Mark Knecht]

Excellent idea. Thanks.

It seems (via Stack Overflow) that this is a Chrome problem but not a Chromium problem. Being that I sync bookmarks with Chrome across Linux, Windows and Android it would be a stretch to move to Chromium. I did determine that Chromium on my Linux machine is fine, and I set Firefox to load on monitor#3 so I have a solution, but I will test your idea.

Thanks,

Mark

[Mark Knecht]

On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 5:58 PM Mark Knecht <markk...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
>
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 8:19 AM Frank Steinmetzger <War...@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> Am Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 09:53:57AM -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
>>
>> > Starting yesterday morning both of my KDE machines no longer show a system
>> > title bar or border for Chrome, and only Chrome. All other apps are fine.
>> > Right clicking the Chrome tab area has a checkbox for 'Use system title bar
>> > and borders' but it does nothing. Chrome version 94.0.4606.54.
>> >
>> > Losing the title bar means losing (as far as I know) the ability to pin an
>> > instance of Chrome to all virtual desktops which I use for browser streamed
>> > media - YouTube, Netflix, etc.
>>
>> Not a solution, but a workaround:
>> I’ve been using keyboard shortcuts for this kind of function for many years.
>>
>> Super+A = Window on all desktops
>> Super+F = Fullscreen
>> Super+Shift+F = Toggle window border
>> Super+S = Shade window
>> Super+T = Window on top

Worked like a charm Frank. Thanks very much.

 

One individual on AskUbuntu says the problem is fixed in a 

beta release of Chrome but your solution works for all apps 

which is nicer.

Cheers,

Mark

[Grant Edwards]

On 2021-09-25, Spackman, Chris <ch...@osugisakae.com> wrote:
>
> I use Fluxbox and had the same issue. Found this today:
>
> https://piunikaweb.com/2021/09/23/google-chrome-94-use-system-title-bar-and-borders-checkbox-broken/
>
> To fix the problem:
>
><start>
>
> you will need to head over to the chrome://flags page and find the
> “use-ozone-platform” setting.
>
> Make sure to change it from default to disabled, restart your Chrome
> browser and you will be good to go."
>
><end>
>
> I can confirm that this worked for me here.

Fixed it for me (openbox).

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[Grant Edwards]

On 2021-09-23, Mark Knecht <markk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Starting yesterday morning both of my KDE machines no longer show a system
> title bar or border for Chrome, and only Chrome. All other apps are fine.

Same here, but I don't have any "desktop environment". I just use the
openbox window manager.


At least they fixed the bug where dragging a tab to form a new window
resulted in a window that didn't stay where it was dropped: instead it
used to follow the mouse around until you hit a key.

> Right clicking the Chrome tab area has a checkbox for 'Use system
> title bar and borders' but it does nothing.

Same here

> Chrome version 94.0.4606.54.

Version 94.0.4606.61 (Official Build) (64-bit)

The 'Use system title bar and border' options still works fine in
Chromium Version 94.0.4606.54 (Developer Build) (64-bit)

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[Mark Knecht]

Kubuntu got a chrome-stable update today but it didn't fix this problem. New
revision is 94.0.4606.71. Can anyone who saw this problem fixed respond with

the revision?

Thank in advance,

Mark

[Mark Knecht]

<SNIP>

> Kubuntu got a chrome-stable update today but it didn't fix this problem. New
> revision is 94.0.4606.71. Can anyone who saw this problem fixed respond with
> the revision?
>
> Thank in advance,
> Mark

Actually, it is fixed but for anyone who might run into this there was a recommendation 

somewhere along the way to enable Ozone in the chrome://flags section. I had done 

but hadn't looked at my log file which apparently were filling up with ozone error

messages every 3 seconds or so. 

I disabled the ozone flag and now I have KDE title bars.

Sorry for the noise. Hope the extra info saves someone so time later one.

Cheers,

Mark

[Grant Edwards]

On 2021-09-30, Mark Knecht <markk...@gmail.com> wrote:
><SNIP>
>> Kubuntu got a chrome-stable update today but it didn't fix this problem. New
>> revision is 94.0.4606.71. Can anyone who saw this problem fixed respond with
>> the revision?
>

> Actually, it is fixed but for anyone who might run into this there
> was a recommendation somewhere along the way to enable Ozone in the
> chrome://flags section. I had done but hadn't looked at my log file
> which apparently were filling up with ozone error messages every 3
> seconds or so.

The interim fix was to _disable_ the ozone flag.

I don't remember seeing any recommendation to enable it.

> I disabled the ozone flag and now I have KDE title bars.

Doing that is what fixed it for me.

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