[GNC] Saving window position (and size)

[David Carlson]

Wouldn't the position on the desktop be a desktop setting?  How do other
program windows position themselves when opened?  In my test system of
Lubuntu 22.04 GnuCash opened the first time in the center of the desktop
and thereafter in the same place it was when I closed it, just as Libre
Office , web browsers, games and other programs do.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 9:46 PM Tracy <gnulist at vbot.org> wrote:

> Gyle,
>
> Thanks for the response. The desktop icons and such work a little
> differently under Ubuntu than under Windows. But even so, if I go
> directly to the exectuable and launch the application from there, I get
> the same result.
>
> And thank you for correcting my mistake there - it is indeed
> Preferences, not Settings - and the heading immediately over the Save
> Window Size And Position is Window Geometry.
>
>
> On 7/11/22 20:13, Gyle McCollam wrote:
> > Tracy,
> > I'm on 4.11 on Windows 11 so I may have different options.  Mine is
> under Edit/Preferences/Windows/Window Geometry and has a check box for
> "save window size and position".  It works fine.  However, if the icon to
> start Gnucash has the properties set for anything other than  "Normal
> Window", they override the setting in Gnucash.  If it is set to "Normal
> Window" then Gnucash works the way you would like.  So my suggestion is to
> check how your Gnucash Icon is set.  Hope that helps.
> >
> >
> > Thank You,
> >
> > Gyle McCollam
> >
> > Gyle McCollam
> >
> > gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org>
> on behalf of Tracy <gnulist at vbot.org>
> > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2022 7:10 PM
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > Subject: [GNC] Saving window position (and size)
> >
> > Ubuntu 22.04
> > Gnucash 4.8
> >
> > In the Edit > Settings dialog, under "Window" there is an option to save
> > the current window size and position. However, this does not appear to
> > be working fully - when I position GnuCash on the screen, then close it,
> > then reopen it, it opens with the correct size, but not in the correct
> > position - instead of where I left it, it opens with the upper left
> > corner of the GnuCash window positioned at the upper left corner of the
> > desktop (instead of having the GnuCash window positioned 2/3 of the way
> > to the right on the desktop, as it was when I closed it).
> >
> > I have looked into the Wiki and found that the window position and size
> > is stored in:
> >
> > $HOME/.local/share/gnucash/books/GnuTest.gnucash.gcm
> >
> > Closing GnuCash and editing this file (specifically changing the
> > WindowPosition property in the [Window 1] section) does not change the
> > startup position of the GnuCash window.
> >
> > Is there another place I should be looking for this, or am I completely
> > confused and there is another setting in the Settings window that I
> > should be looking at, or....?
> >
> > Note that this was an upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 and GnuCash 3.<I don't
> > remember the point version> so it is possible that there are files or
> > settings that were left behind by the upgrade process that are
> > interfering (if so, and someone can point me to a resource for cleaning
> > up those settings, I would be happy to poke at it...)
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any information or assistance on this.
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David Carlson