JabRef 5.16 - Window Resizes with Every Dialog Popup

[jrgant (Jason Gantenberg)]

I suspect this is some kind of Java issue and not a JabRef bug per se, but I thought I would post here in case anyone had useful suggestions.

Basically, every time I open a dialog window (e.g., to add a citation from the browser extension or to link a PDF), the JabRef window shrinks. It’s extremely annoying.

Here’s what I’m running on Kubuntu 24.04:

JabRef 5.16–2024-09-19–c5e81a9
Linux 6.8.0-47-generic amd64
Java 21.0.2
JavaFX 23+29

I suspect the culprit is the bug described in this post on the openjdk site: Loading...

[jrgant (Jason Gantenberg)]

Oops, I see this is a duplicate of Strange behaviour on Debian

[Siedlerchr (Christoph)]

thanks for reporting, your issue indeed looks simliar, but I think it’s still different

[ryan-carpenter]

@jrgant

I thought I would post here in case anyone had useful suggestions.

The resizing issue happens when the JabRef window is maximised, so you can workaround it by keeping the window as large as possible without maximising it. You can use window rules to set the size just a few pixels smaller than your screen. It’s not ideal but does help.

Make sure to choose “Normal Window” for the rule, to avoid resizing the dialog windows.