Disabling maximizable still allows window to get unmaximized

[abdelraoof]

What were you trying to do?

• Create a new Laravel project
• Add NativePHP
• Install NativePHP
• Open the main window maximized while having maximizable disabled
• Start development server
• Double-click the title bar or hit window+arrowdown
• Window should remain maximized

What happened?

• Window gets unmaximized (resized to the default width & height)
• Window cannot be maximized again

How to reproduce the bug

• In a fresh Laravel installation
• Add/Install NativePHP
• Update NativeAppServiceProvider->boot with:

        Window::open('main')
                ->maximized()
                ->maximizable(false)
                ->showDevTools(false);

• Run php artisan native:serve
• Double-click the title bar or hit window+arrowdown

Debug Output

{
    "Environment": {
        "PHP": {
            "Version": "8.4.11",
            "Path": "C:\\Users\\Raoof\\.config\\herd\\bin\\php84\\php.exe"
        },
        "Laravel": {
            "Version": "12.20.0",
            "ConfigCached": false,
            "RoutesCached": false,
            "DebugEnabled": true
        },
        "Node": {
            "Version": "v22.17.1",
            "Path": "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe"
        },
        "NPM": {
            "Version": "10.9.2",
            "Path": "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\npm\r\nC:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\npm.cmd"
        },
        "OperatingSystem": "WINNT"
    },
    "NativePHP": {
        "Versions": {
            "nativephp/electron": "1.1.1.0",
            "nativephp/laravel": "1.1.2.0",
            "nativephp/php-bin": "1.0.3.0"
        },
        "Configuration": {
            "Provider": "App\\Providers\\NativeAppServiceProvider",
            "BuildHooks": {
                "Pre": [],
                "Post": []
            },
            "NotarizationEnabled": false,
            "CustomPHPBinary": false
        }
    }
}

Which operating systems have you seen this occur on?

Windows

Notes

OS

Windows 11

[abdelraoof]

A workaround is to force re-maximizing the window whenever unmaximized or resized events occur
That can be achieved at https://github.com/NativePHP/electron by adding the following snippet for both unmaximized and resized event listeners in resources/js/electron-plugin/src/server/api/window.ts

        if (!window.isMaximizable()) {
            window.maximize();
        }

A drawback of this fix is that it causes the window to flicker between the actions of unmaximizing and re-maximizing.

Will try to investigate further on the electron side to verify if this is a known underlying issue

[gwleuverink]

Hey @abdelraoof. I might be misunderstanding what you need exactly. Are you tying to force the window in full-screen?

My understanding about the ->maximizable(false) method is that this disables windows from being maximized. It won't allow you to disable unmaximizing when the window is already maximized.

[abdelraoof]

@gwleuverink
I attempted to force the window to remain maximized.
Since there is no ->unmaximizable method, I assumed that ->maximizable(false) is meant to disable both maximizing and unmaximizing.
Thank you, I appreciate the clarification.

[gwleuverink]

No problem! Happy to help :)