[GNC] Saving window position (and size)

Tue Jul 12 13:48:41 EDT 2022

If Gnome is still using Tweaks, it might be buried in there, although I did
not see a specific setting in Ubuntu 20.04

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 12:21 PM Tracy <gnulist at vbot.org> wrote:

> Well, I haven't gotten very far in digging, but the fact that other people
> are not having the problem makes it that much more likely that it is my
> machine. If it wasn't such a pain to set everything back up afterwards, I
> would just wipe the system and install fresh.
>
> Meanwhile, I will keep looking and see if I can figure out which setting(s)
> are causing the problem. If I figure it out, I will report back.
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 13:12 Martin Booth <mdj.booth at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hi David,
> > No issues for me.
> > I am running GS 4.11 on Ubuntu 22.04 and the windows stay in the same
> > place where I left them when I last closed GS
> > Regards,
> > Martin
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2022-07-12 at 09:48 -0500, David Carlson wrote:
> > > Tracy,
> > >
> > > I would not like a desktop that did not remember where a window was
> > > located
> > > on the desktop/display combination when last used.  Any other users
> > > seeing
> > > similar issues?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:32 AM Tracy <gnulist at vbot.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi David,
> > > >
> > > > Everything I can find says that Gnome (the desktop environment set
> > > > up by
> > > > default in Ubuntu 22.04 - which was also the desktop environment
> > > > used in
> > > > 20.04, which worked as expected) does not save window placement
> > > > information. Instead, it is the responsibility of the application.
> > > > Gnome
> > > > will attempt to place applications according to a scheme if the
> > > > application
> > > > does not specify a starting position, but the application gets
> > > > first call
> > > > on that (at least according to what I see - I am not an expert on
> > > > this).
> > > >
> > > > I am starting to wonder, though, if something in Gnome hasn't
> > > > changed (or
> > > > maybe a setting got clobbered during the upgrade), because another
> > > > application has started showing the same problem (LibreOffice Calc
> > > > is now
> > > > doing the same thing GnuCash does - it opens correctly sized, but
> > > > not
> > > > correctly positioned). So I am going to try to research that aspect
> > > > and see
> > > > if there is a setting in Gnome that may be overriding the
> > > > application's
> > > > requested startup positioning.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 01:26 David Carlson
> > > > <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 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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