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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
