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? > > Rick I should add that toggling the windows on/off using the buttons on the main window gives mixed position persistence results. I found that only the "messages" window (of those I am using) consistently comes back in the top-left cascaded position. The others' position do persist. Rick
