Pavel... I fixed a bug in regard to newly created gtk windows display off
screen a few months ago.  Can you try the version from git and let me know
if the problem still exists.  In the updated e, e will make sure that it
does not place any newly created windows outside the visible desktop area.
On Dec 23, 2015 6:27 PM, "Pavel Sanda" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Kim,
>
> Sometimes the new window of the app which was launched
> ends up on different area then the one which is active.
>
> Lets say you have 2x2 desktop and you are in area (0,1),
> and window ends up in area (0,0). Not big deal, but if
> you are in area (0,0) the window becomes invisible and
> there is no way how to reach it, it's only the animation
> which gives you idea that the window is travelling
> somewhere to nonexistent region of (0,-1).
>
> It is not related to some particular app, happens for many
> different ones, there is no setting to rememeber (in particular
> position) the window. But my general settings are set to store
> the last position _within_ the area.
>
> It is not clear to me how to reliably reproduce that behaviour.
> My impression, though, is that when application is exiting
> and you manage to quickly switch to another area before the
> window is actually destoyed, its position is stored with
> reference to newly selected area.
>
> Are there any checks within the code which would
> - either check before storing location that you are within
>   the coordinates of single area (0<x<area_size)
> - or check whether the window is launched within the current
>   area, or at least within the current desktop (which is
>   actually the main problem of this glitch).
>
> This issue is around for a long time (years).
>
> Pavel
>
>
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