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Print at Dec 16, 2025, 1:12:53 AM

Posted by surfer63 at Nov 17, 2025, 5:23:49 PM

Opening a .sh3d file in Sweethome3D, minimized Sweethome3D
I am using SweetHome3D on an 8GB i5-1245U chromebook with linux (Crostini) enabled. The version 7.5 linux SweetHome3D package works fine as such. I also created a .desktop file for it to make a menu item.

When I open SweetHome3D, it opens normally and everything is fine.
When I open a .sh3d file from SweetHome3D, or double-click a .sh3d file, it is opened, but SweetHome3D is completely minimized. There is a few pixels wide application bar in the center of the screen. When I drag on the left side, I can extend the application bar to the left.
When extended to the left, I can click the maximize menubar icon.

I also used the (unofficial) "X-GNOME-Window-Maximized=true" in the .desktop file, but that one is not recognized.

Note that ChromeOS is Wayland with an X-compatibility layer for X-apps.

I already tried adding

sleep 1
wmctrl -r "SweetHome3D" -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
wmctrl -a "SweetHome3D"

to the SweetHome3D script
or add

-Dsun.awt.noerasebackground=true

or add

-Djdk.gtk.version=2

to the "java ... -jar" command line

Does anyone have an idea?

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