Rick Wright wrote: > > > 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 > > Negative on that too Rick. Toggling them has no effect on position.
