Launching browser in maximised position causes a 1px gap between browser window and the taskbar

[srirambv]

• Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one?
  Yes

• Describe the issue you encountered:
  Launching browser in maximised position causes a 1px gap between browser window and the taskbar

• Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?):
  Windows 10 x64

• Brave Version (revision SHA):
  Brave 0.15.2
  rev af7ef42

• Steps to reproduce:

  1. Set browser to maximised position
  2. Close and relaunch the browser
  3. Browser launches in maximised position but is actually in restore position
  4. There is a 1px gap between browser window and taskbar
  5. CLick on maximise button, fits the browser window correctly on top of the taskbar

• Actual result:
  Launching browser in maximised position causes a 1px gap between browser window and the taskbar

• Expected result:
  Should launch in a maximised state and should properly fit on screen above the task bar

• Will the steps above reproduce in a fresh profile? If not what other info can be added?
  Yes

• Is this an issue in the currently released version?
  No

• Can this issue be consistently reproduced?
  Yes

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• Any related issues:
  Maximizing window puts the bottom 1px of window behind the taskbar #7215
  Marking it as 0.15.400. Feel free to pull it back in to 0.15.300 if required

[srirambv]

+1 from comminity https://community.brave.com/t/does-not-re-maximize-properly/3225/

[bsclifton]

This is upstream from us (Chromium). More info here:
electron/electron#8332

[Struisvogel93]

I got the exact same issue, specs here:

Brave: 0.18.23
rev: 36ae2ec
Muon: 4.3.10
libchromiumcontent: 60.0.3112.90
V8: 6.0.286.52
Node.js: 7.9.0
Update Channel: dev
OS Platform: Microsoft Windows
OS Release: 10.0.15063
OS Architecture: x64

[Struisvogel93]

If I could fix this myself, I would've done it (unskilled in any form of programming). But can someone please look at this? I love the Brave Browser, but this is my Nr. 1 annoyance with Brave, has been for months lol :)

[NejcZdovc]

@Struisvogel93 there are some fixes in 0.20 version for maximize/fullscreen, so please check out 0.20.x when it will be in the beta channel

[Struisvogel93]

@NejcZdovc Thanks for your response, I will, as soon as it hits :)