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And how would you access the controls above the app? I understand you're most likely on kde, I used to shre the sentiment, but extending the close button to the panel would only break things
Reread the OP. They say:
And
So you would not “access the controls above the app”, because having controls above the app is not covered by this scenario.
The scenario is:
Which makes the close button be in the corner of the screen, but without actually extending to it.
On topic: never knew this was a problem, guess I got spoiled by the Qt environment
It's been a thing I personally have been wondering why this is how it is for a while. Personally I like most of the GNOME stuff, but this decision has always stood out as odd.
But then again I almost always use ctrl+w or alt-f4 to close apps, so I am mostly unaffected.
I thought full screen windows were supposed to be above everything else? Including panels?
They are yeah, but in that scenario you would also not have a window decoration with a close button, so I assumed the OP meant maximized :P
Sorry, "maximized". I may need to edit some things.
Oops