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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-28435

Windows 8: QWizard Areo style title bar is too large, wizard window cannot be moved by dragging the title bar

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • P3: Somewhat important
    • 4.8.5, 5.1.0
    • 4.8.4
    • Widgets: Widgets and Dialogs
    • None
    • Windows 8, MSVC 2012 64bit
    • Qt 5: 5fb6331a17a5c43b91daddf4a30e46ccbd1419b5, Qt 4: e11bb8e02fa1f2f933784b9d6d6483c5547e5522

    Description

      When comparing to another wizard (say printer control panel/ add), it can be seen that the title bar is too large.

      It seems that the trick of reducing the frame size by passing a negative value to WM_NCCALCSIZE simply does not work on Windows 8.

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          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-28099 Regression: QWizard does not look native on Windows Vista/7

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-36192 Qt & VS2012: QWizard Areo style title bar is too large when deploying VS2012 built app onto Windows 7

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Closed
          For Gerrit Dashboard: QTBUG-28435
          # Subject Branch Project Status CR V
          42125,2 Fix title bar height of Aero wizard on Windows 8. 4.8 qt/qt Status: MERGED +2 0
          42545,2 Fix title bar height of Aero wizard on Windows 8. dev qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0

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