Full screen dialogue boxes

[hadarvc]

A very recent update (not sure it was the very latest) changed the behavior (for me) for open and save dialogue boxes. Previously, in Thunderbird (attach a file), Brave browser (save a file), etc., the dialogue box would open floating, centered in my window. Now, it opens full screen and covers the underlying window (which was also full screen). It all works, so this isn't a bug for using it, but I have a 32" monitor, and it's a little too much for picking a file or two. 😉

[dawsers]

So I guess you like to work in full screen mode, and have set fullscreen_movefocus true follow. That means you are telling scroll to make any focused window full screen, and it is doing that :-) There were some bugs earlier and it wasn't happening in all cases, but now everything should work "correctly", even if it creates this kind of unexpected situations.

That is why the default is true nofollow, so only what you want to have in full screen is in full screen mode.

Edit: I see it also happens in some other cases, let me have a look, sorry.

[hadarvc]

You know me so well! 😄

This is the line I have in my config:

fullscreen_movefocus true

I don't have "follow". But, I see you are still looking into it. Just wanted to share what my config looks like.

[dawsers]

I see the file dialog seems to be a full screen window, but it is just a resized floating window. You can resize it normally (mod+RMB), and the next time you open it, the new size will be remembered. Let me know if that works for you while I see why the floating window becomes so big.

Edit: This only happens when nofollow is being used, with follow, the dialogs are also full screen, the "follow" the mode of the parent/previous window.

[hadarvc]

I just logged off. I'll let you know in the morning. Thanks for looking into it. Feb 19, 2026 5:16:28 PM dawsers ***@***.***>:

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I see the file dialog seems to be a full screen window, but it is just a resized floating window. You can resize it normally (*mod+RMG*), and the next time you open it, the new size will be remembered. Let me know if that works for you while I see why the floating window becomes so big. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub[#214 (comment)], or unsubscribe[https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BGF44FIESQFM3YQXJZQCAFT4MYY27AVCNFSM6AAAAACVX2OVGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTKOBWGQ4TSMY]. You are receiving this because you authored the thread. [Tracking image][https://github.com/notifications/beacon/BGF44FILS74SHAUVKNN6URT4MYY27A5CNFSM6AAAAACVX2OVGGWGG33NNVSW45C7OR4XAZNRIRUXGY3VONZWS33OINXW23LFNZ2KUY3PNVWWK3TUL5UWJTQA6IKKC.gif]

[dawsers]

Ok, I know what is happening:

My original message was correct. By using fullscreen_movefocus true, you were in fact setting fullscreen_movefocus true follow. That shouldn't be the case, because the default should be nofollow, so I fixed that in the latest commit (0c1164c). However, the behavior you were getting was what you wanted, to have every window you focus, inherit the full screen mode. So from now on, you will have to specify that in your config, setting it to fullscreen_movefocus true follow, otherwise the mode will not be transferred to other windows unless you specifically set them full screen, because it is now equivalent to nofollow instead.

That said, by setting follow, you are actually getting that: any new window you move focus to, will become full screen, including the open file dialogs etc. That wasn't working well in 1.12.4, but I fixed it in 1.12.5.

Instead, if you use nofollow, which is the default and what I use, I was surprised to see sometimes I was getting "big windows" too, but it was only because I had set it earlier to follow to reproduce what you were seeing, so firefox was memorizing the last size of the window, and opening my floating window with the old, full screen size. But I could reisze it (because it was not full screen), and things got back to normal.

However, in your case, by using follow, the dialog is not a floating window, it is a full screen window, so you cannot resize it.

So in the end, fixing the bug has changed your workflow. I am sorry about it, sometimes a bug is convenient, but it was creating an inconsistency.

[hadarvc]

Sounds perfectly reasonable. I'll check it out in the morning and find a rhythm I'll be happy with. Feb 19, 2026 5:38:32 PM dawsers ***@***.***>:

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Ok, I know what is happening: My original message was correct. By using *fullscreen_movefocus true*, you were in fact setting *fullscreen_movefocus true follow*. That shouldn't be the case, because the default should be *nofollow*, so I fixed that in the latest commit (0c1164c[0c1164c]). However, the behavior you were getting was what you wanted, to have every window you focus, inherit the full screen mode. So from now on, you will have to specify that in your config, setting it to *fullscreen_movefocus true follow*, otherwise the mode will not be transferred to other windows unless you specifically set them full screen, because it is now equivalent to *nofollow* instead. That said, by setting *follow*, you are actually getting that: any new window you move focus to, will become full screen, *including* the open file dialogs etc. That wasn't working well in 1.12.4, but I fixed it in 1.12.5. Instead, if you use *nofollow*, which is the default and what I use, I was surprised to see sometimes I was getting "big windows" too, but it was only because I had set it earlier to *follow* to reproduce what you were seeing, so firefox was memorizing the last size of the window, and opening my floating window with the old, full screen size. But I could reisze it (because it was not full screen), and things got back to normal. However, in your case, by using *follow*, the dialog is not a floating window, it is a full screen window, so you cannot resize it. So in the end, fixing the bug has changed your workflow. I am sorry about it, sometimes a bug is convenient, but it was creating an inconsistency. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub[#214 (comment)], or unsubscribe[https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BGF44FPLPDEPHXTJFP76QDD4MY3N3AVCNFSM6AAAAACVX2OVGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTKOBWGUYTGNY]. You are receiving this because you authored the thread. [Tracking image][https://github.com/notifications/beacon/BGF44FPXCJLXDPM52FQFY5D4MY3N3A5CNFSM6AAAAACVX2OVGGWGG33NNVSW45C7OR4XAZNRIRUXGY3VONZWS33OINXW23LFNZ2KUY3PNVWWK3TUL5UWJTQA6IKTC.gif]

[hadarvc]

Sorry for the delay... With either true or false, and nofollow added, once I resize the pop-up, it comes up in the same size that I last left it in (as you expected it to), and that's totally fine. Thanks!

[dawsers]

If you set it to false, you cannot change focus while in full screen mode.

If you set it to true, you have two options:

• follow: full screen mode will follow focus, so dialogs will be full screen too, and you won't be able to resize them. But you won't need to set every window full screen, they will automatically become full screen as you change focus.
• nofollow: full screen won't follow focus, only manually full screened windows will be in full screen mode, so your dialogs will be floating windows, and you will be able to resize them.

[hadarvc]

Right now I have "true nofollow", and everything seems "normal" to me. I'll keep an eye on it tomorrow, with a fresh boot, when windows will need to be created from scratch, and see if things are less normal. Thanks!

[hadarvc]

OK, with this: fullscreen_movefocus true nofollow
I am back to my happy place. It works like my brain wants/expects it to. Thanks!

P.S. I was going to "Close with comment", but I don't know if you or anyone else might want to weigh in, so I didn't...

[dawsers]

OK, great! I will close it and mark the explanation as answer, thanks!