Ted Clark <bison@visi.com> writes: > Is there some way to configure metacity so that it places new windows > in the center of the screen instead of offset from the upper-left > corner? I seem to remember some discussion of this on the (null) list, > but now I can't find it. I don't see anything in gconf either.. > No. CVS metacity has somewhat more robust placement, though. The algorithm is roughly: - first fit - if not first fit, cascade but for dialogs: - center on parent - if no parent, center on screen Cascade in 8.0 will fall back to "0,0" placement annoyingly often, in CVS it will almost always cascade somewhere. Havoc
