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Window positionning

Submitted by Auria on Sun, 2008-05-18 03:42.

Hi,

I noticed that windows are often placed at the top-left corner of the screen by default. In GIMP this can get annoying because windows then tend to pop under the tool windows. Do you think it would be possible to make windows pop-up in the center of the screen instead?

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I have been thinking about

Submitted by Richard Hult on Sun, 2008-05-18 12:24.

I have been thinking about doing that, the only problem is that in X, that's the window manager's job, but on OS X, it's up to the app developer (well, interface builder makes it really easy, plus the automatic saving of window positions...).

I have played around a bit with centering new windows if the position is not specified, according to the apple HIG, which says center horizontally, put 2/3 to the top vertically. It should be OK, but I think I need to test more apps just to make sure.

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I filed a bug with a patch

Submitted by Richard Hult on Thu, 2008-05-22 21:14.

I filed a bug with a patch here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533921

in case you want to try it out.

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I just tried it with GIMP

Submitted by Auria on Fri, 2008-05-23 02:56.

I just tried it with GIMP and was very pleased with the results, thanks.

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