#1145156 Easy Tag GUI oversized

Package:
easytag
Source:
easytag
Description:
GTK+ editor for audio file tags
Submitter:
GT
Date:
2026-08-23 16:21:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1145156#5
Date:
2026-08-23 10:55:21 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where
appropriate ***

    * What led up to the situation?
    Try to use Easytag
    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
      ineffective)?
      Launch Easytag through the menu
    * What was the outcome of this action?
    The window of the Easytag GUI is oversizd
    * What outcome did you expect instead?
    A smooth opening of the GUI in a usable size displaying all the
informations of Easytag particulary in the bottom
My screen is 1920x1080
#1145156#10
Date:
2026-08-23 12:07:28 UTC
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Hi,

Do you have a screenshot describing the problem?

Maybe you have two monitors that could be affecting this?

You could try removing ~/.cache/easytag - that file contains the
previous window size. When you delete it, easytag should use the default
window size again.

James
#1145156#17
Date:
2026-08-23 12:33:46 UTC
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Le 23/08/2026 à 14:07, James Cowgill a écrit :
#1145156#22
Date:
2026-08-23 12:45:55 UTC
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/.cache/easytag$ cat state
[EtApplicationWindow]
width=1405
height=961
is_maximized=false
paned_position=855


A little better when removed it but still oversized in bottom


Le 23/08/2026 à 14:07, James Cowgill a écrit :
#1145156#27
Date:
2026-08-23 15:23:23 UTC
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Hi,

My laptop is 1920x1080 and EasyTAG does just about fit vertically when
run. I notice in your screenshot some of the graphics are a bit larger
than usual. I measured it in GIMP and it's exactly 125% the size of what
I get. Do you have display scaling turned on by chance?

In any case it's still a bug. I think it matches the upstream bug I
linked at the top. That one is complaining about a smaller display but
it looks like a very similar issue.

I also notice Arch Linux applied this MR (that David rejected):
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/easytag/-/merge_requests/18

EasyTAG upstream is in maintenance mode these days, so it's tempting to
apply it in the Debian package as well until a better fix comes along
(I'll think about it!).

James
#1145156#36
Date:
2026-08-23 16:19:40 UTC
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Hello,

Yes I have a factor 1,25 in the screen display

Its only Easytag which have a bad behavior in this condition.

Why?

What I done

set a size which fit my usage and see the log in the bottom of the file

[EtApplicationWindow] width=1340 height=800 is_maximized=false
paned_position=657

froze that file

sudo chattr +i state

It seems solve the problem for me

Le 23/08/2026 à 17:23, James Cowgill a écrit :