[Bug]: Resizing VM window on Niri results in window "resetting" its position when above a certain width #557
Description
Version
trunk/main
Host OS Type
Linux
Host OS name + version
CachyOS (rolling)
Host Architecture
ARM
Guest OS Type
macOS
Guest Architecture
ARM
Guest OS name + version
Windows 11 25H2
Component
GUI
What happened?
Niri is a scrollable tiling window manager where windows are organised in resizable columns on an infinitely scrollable environment. When resizing a column that has VirtualBox in it, if it's being resized over the default 50% size, VirtualBox will reset the size back to the original size, meaning one is unable to resize it beyond a certain width. This also occurs when the window is floating.
This was reported to Niri, it's tagged as an issue with xwayland-satellite but I was told to report it here as well. Long-term it seems this would be solved by VirtualBox fully implementing Wayland support.
Niri bug report: niri-wm/niri#3216
How can we reproduce this?
- Launch a virtual machine using Niri.
- Increase the width size.
- Observe that VirtualBox resets its size.
Did you upload all of your necessary log files, screenshots, etc.?
- Yes, I've uploaded all pertinent files to this issue.