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diff --git a/docs/qarma-geometry-issue.md b/docs/qarma-geometry-issue.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1abb7ae --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/qarma-geometry-issue.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +Title: --info dialog ignores all size hints (--width/--height, -geometry, -qwindowgeometry) on Qt6/Wayland + +## Summary + +A message dialog created with `--info` cannot be sized. None of the four +documented size mechanisms have any effect on the resulting window: the dialog +always opens at the size Qt picks from its content, padded out to what looks +like a minimum width, leaving large empty margins. + +I'm only reporting **size** here. I understand a Wayland client cannot set its +own position (`+X+Y`) — that's a protocol limitation, not a qarma bug — so this +report is strictly about width/height being ignored. + +## Environment + +- qarma 1.1.0 +- Qt 6 (libQt6Widgets / libQt6Gui) +- Session: Wayland (`XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland`), Hyprland compositor +- Slackware Linux + +## Steps to reproduce + +Each of the following opens an `--info` dialog that is much wider than its +content and ignores the requested size: + +```sh +# 1. qarma's own size options +qarma --info --width=400 --height=300 --text="<b>a</b><br>b<br>c" + +# 2. Qt geometry (size + position) +qarma --info -geometry 480x300+100+100 --text="<b>a</b><br>b<br>c" +qarma -geometry 480x300+100+100 --info --text="<b>a</b><br>b<br>c" + +# 3. Qt window geometry, both orderings +qarma --info -qwindowgeometry 480x300 --text="<b>a</b><br>b<br>c" +qarma -qwindowgeometry 480x300 --info --text="<b>a</b><br>b<br>c" +``` + +Expected: the dialog is approximately 400–480 px wide. +Actual: the dialog opens far wider (content-driven + an apparent minimum width), +with the requested width/height having no visible effect. + +## Notes + +- `qarma --help-all` already documents `--width`/`--height` as "not entirely + deterministic for message dialogs", which matches what I see — but here they + appear to have no effect at all on the width of an `--info` dialog under + Qt6/Wayland. +- A non-message dialog (e.g. `--list`, `--file-selection`) does take `--width` + /`--height`, so the problem appears specific to the message-dialog widgets. + +## Question + +Is sizing of message dialogs expected to work under Qt6/Wayland, or is this a +known limitation? If it's fixable, exposing a reliable minimum-width override +for `--info`/`--warning`/`--error`/`--question` would help — these dialogs +currently can't be made compact even when their content is small. |