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Microsoft Edge - Window Titlebar single click issue
On Linux systems running Wayland, Microsoft Edge Stable exhibits incorrect titlebar click behaviour. When the window is maximized, a single left-click on the titlebar incorrectly triggers a restore-to-windowed-state action. When Edge is in a normal (non-maximized) state, single-clicking the titlebar causes unintended small positional movements , as if a drag or snap gesture were initiated.
This behaviour does not occur in Firefox, nor did it occur in older Edge releases . It appears specifically when Edge is using Chromium’s client-side window decorations under Wayland.
Attempts to configure Edge to use system (server-side) titlebars — including the UI toggle (“Use system title bars and borders”), launcher flags (`--force-system-title-bar`, `--gtk-version`, `--enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations`) and `.desktop` override configuration — do not resolve the issue.
This suggests a hit-test / event-targeting regression in the Chromium Wayland + CSD (client-side decoration) path.
Additional Notes
This matches the known open Chromium issue regarding misaligned hit-test regions in GTK4 CSD under Wayland . Since Edge now defaults to GTK4, the incorrect click detection is being triggered before compositor-level decoration logic applies.
Firefox, which uses server-side GNOME decorations under Wayland, does not exhibit this behavior.