Reconcile window opens invisible on El Capitan

[ph hermes]

i had this problem a while back when i was using my TV as a 2nd monitor to
my mac laptop. i couldn't imagine where it all went... and then i did
something (can't of course remember now) and realized how i had set up the
2nd monitor... it would go there even if the TV was off (thus
disappearing).... i believe it had something to do with how the 2 screens
were set up... i.e. like mirroring vs expansion....

i'm sorry i'm unable to be more specific, but it was a mac | 2 monitor/
screen issue ... and yes it was with gnucash reconcile windows. i believe i
unhooked the hdmi cable and then gnu cash would work on my laptop. this may
not be the solution you want, but...

       ph

          ph


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On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 7:35 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
> > On Nov 17, 2015, at 4:33 AM, David Bergum <dib at red-sky.us> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On Nov 16, 2015, at 22:59, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Nov 16, 2015, at 7:15 PM, David Bergum <dib at red-sky.us> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Nov 16, 2015, at 19:59, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Once you have both windows visible are you able to reposition them
> independently on the screen, i.e. not in Mission Control?
> >>>
> >>> If I reposition them independently, the reconcile window remains out
> of view.  It is only when I move the group to my external display — which
> is oriented above my builtin display — that I can get the reconcile window
> to snap into view.
> >>
> >> I don’t understand. It seems like you’re saying that once you have made
> it visible if you grab the reconcile window to drag it it disappears. Can
> that be right?
> >
> > No, sorry for not being clear.  When the reconcile window is invis and I
> just reposition it, When I leave mission control, it is still invisible.  I
> have to move the windows as a set to my secondary (upper) display, and then
> it becomes visible, having been repositioned to the upper left corner of
> the accounts window.
> >
> > I normally have the accounts window on my primary display.
> >
> > If I move the accounts window to my secondary display, and then open
> reconcile, it is visible and positioned at the upper left of the accounts
> display.
> >
> > I can only reposition them as a pair in mission control, so what I said
> about independent repositioning of the reconcile window was wrong.
> >
> > It might be the alignment of my primary and secondary displays
> triggering the issue?
> >
> > I just wanted to mention it, because it can be quite mysterious when the
> reconcile window doesn't appear, one might not know to go to mission
> control to get it back onto the visible space.
>
> I just tested on my MBA which is running ElCap but has only one monitor. I
> suspect that you’re talking about the Reconcile Info dialog box, the one
> that collects the statement date and ending balance. In Mission Control I
> see that that’s grouped with the main window for moving but the actual
> Reconcile window doesn't, being a separate window.
>
> Since we don’t call set_transient_for() on our dialogs, Gtk puts them at
> monitor coordinates 0,0. I wonder if those coordinates might be off-screen
> in your case: You said “upper” monitor, suggesting that your secondary is
> positioned on top of your primary in Display Settings>Layout (from memory,
> I’m on my MBA right now). Perhaps your secondary is wider than your primary
> so the upper left corner of the primary isn’t 0,0. If that sounds plausible
> to you, try changing the monitor layout so that they’re side-by-side and
> see if that makes the dialog box visible without repositioning it.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
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