Neovim-qt: Can't start maximized

Created on 20 Dec 2015 · 19Comments · Source: equalsraf/neovim-qt

I am using neovim with qt-neovim (linux arch). On gvim i could launch a maximized window with:

if has("gui_running")
    set lines 999 columns 999
endif

That is not working now tho. I tried removing the condition with no success.
Is there any way i can achieve that?

Source

cdvv7788

Most helpful comment

From #114 call GuiWindowMaximized(1) to set as maximized. The current state in g:GuiWindowMaximized.

@khalidchawtany for fullscreen its the same, just replace with GuiWindowFullScreen

equalsraf on 19 Apr 2016

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After restarting somehow it is reading the command, however it doesn't restrict the max size to my screen size, it creates a giant one.

cdvv7788 on 20 Dec 2015

if has("gui_running") is not reliable right now (see neovim/neovim#3646)

however it doesn't restrict the max size to my screen size, it creates a giant one.

This is strange, should not happen, will have a look.

equalsraf on 20 Dec 2015

Yeah, i read on some other issues that has("gui_running") is not reliable, so i tried without it too.

cdvv7788 on 20 Dec 2015

The problem is vimrc will likely be processed before the gui even starts, so its all a matter of timing.

equalsraf on 20 Dec 2015

Any workaround for this? Anything i can help with on this issue?

cdvv7788 on 24 Dec 2015

@cdvv7788 not forgotten, I've got a working command line options for this in #109, but maybe we can do something similar with a global option

equalsraf on 14 Mar 2016

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109 was merged, --maximized should start a maximized window. From what we have seen so far using set lines/columns is not a good way to do this, but we can finally start looking at other ways to do this.

equalsraf on 31 Mar 2016

leaving a comment to be notified of anything new on toggle full screen command :)

khalidchawtany on 1 Apr 2016

Starting to look at this on #114 (script)
Any idea what are the right semantics for this type of stuff

are these supposed to be functions like foreground() or actual commands?
Do we want toggle or explicit commands GuiMaximize vs GuiMaximizeToggle
Have no idea how we are supposed to share state, ideally set g:GuiIsMaximized (because that sounds easy enough :D)

equalsraf on 4 Apr 2016

Pushed something into #114

If testing directly from a source build use this for now

bin/nvim-qt -- --cmd "set rtp+=../runtime/ | runtime autoload/nvim_gui.vim"

init.vim looks like this

" We can check first if the following commands are available, but the last one is just a var anyway
if exists('g:Gui')
    Guifont DejaVu Sans Mono:h15

    " Starts in fullscreen, Maximized should work too (untested)
    let g:GuiWindowFullScreen=1
endif

equalsraf on 5 Apr 2016

From #114 call GuiWindowMaximized(1) to set as maximized. The current state in g:GuiWindowMaximized.

@khalidchawtany for fullscreen its the same, just replace with GuiWindowFullScreen

equalsraf on 19 Apr 2016

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Lovely, Thanks. :+1:

khalidchawtany on 19 Apr 2016

Using call GuiWindowMaximized(1) command inside nvim-qt works great. Can we also use it inside ginit.vim?

jdhao on 17 Jan 2019

Hi @jdhao. It should work inside ginit.vim as well. Are you having issues with it?

equalsraf on 17 Jan 2019

@equalsraf It works. Thanks!

jdhao on 18 Jan 2019

How do I go about discovering such handy commands for nvim-qt? Such as GuiFullScreen and GuiWindowMaximized? So useful to know that I can toggle inside of Vim and it works in init.vim!!

dseeni on 29 Mar 2020

@dseeni these are described in the docs. Just call :h nvim-gui-shim.

equalsraf on 2 Apr 2020

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@equalsraf,
hmm, odd.. I can't get the docs on windows 8.1 .. but clearly the commands work...speaking of which.. noob question:
Is there any advantage for me compiling it? I'm just using an executable from the releases page...

dseeni on 10 Apr 2020