On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 14:46 -0500, Rick Wright wrote: > > Rui Nuno Capela wrote: > > > Rick Wright wrote: > > > >> > >> I'd like the qjackctl windows (i.e. the control window, messages, > >> connections, status) to open for a subsequent executation in the same > >> screen locations as I had them at shutdown from the last execution. > >> Is this possible? I can't seem to find an option for this. > >> > >> All (and only those) windows that were visible from the previous > >> execution do indeed appear on the subsequent application run (which > >> is good), but the window positioning appears to be forgotten. > >> > >> Rui, if this is not currently supported, would it be possible to add > >> this feature? > >> > > > > Window positioning persistence is already featured and is default > > behavior, for quite some time. AFAICS its been ever since ;). Problem > > is that behavior may vary, with some glitches depending on your > > particular WM. It is well known, at least to me, that window positions > > aren't remembered very well if you stick to use the WM close button on > > those window titles, usually the ones labeled as [X]. OTOH if you use > > qjackctl main window control buttons, to toggle child window > > visibility and to quit application, all seems to work just fine ;) or > > so I believe and been told. > > > > > > I am finding inconsistency in the window positioning persistence. > Sometimes the windows appear in the same position, sometimes they > don't. This has been tested using only the QJC main window control > buttons as recommended above. > > Leaving the windows open (only testing using 4 of them: main, status, > messages, connections) upon shutdown (quit on main window) and > restarting QJC sometimes gives the same locations and sometimes not, but > it seems that the windows don't like the presence of other windows (i.e. > an xterm from which to start QJC!) and the most prevalent offender is > the main window. Actually, it seems that upon the first restart of QJC, > the positions are remembered, but without moving any windows, a second > quit/restart results in some windows appearing cascaded from the top > left of the desktop. Window sizes are always remembered. > > Can anyone else reproduce this? What desktop environment and window manager are you using and which version? Lee
