[GNC] Issue with Creating/Editing Scheduled Transactions with Multiple Displays?

[Tom Route36]

Hi David,

Thanks for this info.  I did some more testing here after your email; 
and it looks like that's what's happening.  "/*GnuCash remembers where 
the popup window was when it was last closed.*/" It doesn't matter if 
it's the Edit Scheduled Transaction window or the Reconcile window or 
any other popup/child window.  In every case the popup window always 
remembers which monitor it was on last when it got closed.

I guess part of the confusion for me was that each of those windows 
remembers that even *after* GnuCash gets saved and closed and the system 
gets shut down.  My expectation was that when I boot the system up the 
next day and reopen GnuCash, that everything would be back to its normal 
baseline -- i.e., everything would show up on the primary monitor.  But 
that's not the case.  Oh well, live and learn.  I guess the mystery's 
solved.

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction on this,
Tom


On 4/14/2026 3:42 PM, David Cousens wrote:
> Tom,
>
> I have a 2 monitor setup on Linux Mint 22.3.  GC5.15 I don't see that
> behaviour at all. I have usually only used GnuCash on one monitor and
> the popups normally appear on that monitor. If however I drag them to
> the other monitor and then close them while they are still on the other
> monitor next time they open up on the other monitor.  If you drag them
> back to the main monitor and close them there then next time they
> should open on the main monitor again. GnuCash remembers where the
> popup window  was when it was last closed
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2026-04-14 at 14:26 -0600, Tom Route36 wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I don't know if I'm the only one seeing this problem; but here's an
>> update for those who might be interested.  The issue with the Edit
>> Scheduled Transactions (EST) window opening up on the *other* monitor
>> from where GnuCash is open has now spread to when the Reconcile
>> window
>> opens as well.  What's really strange about this is that at exactly
>> the
>> same time that the Reconcile window started behaving like this, the
>> problem with the EST window *stopped* having this problem.  That is,
>> the
>> EST window now opens up where it should open -- on the #1 monitor
>> where
>> GnuCash is -- even though the Reconcile window opens up on the #2
>> monitor at the same time.
>>
>> I'm really not sure what to make of this.  Is anyone else out there
>> using GnuCash with a dual monitor setup?  And is anyone else with
>> that
>> setup seeing anything similar to what I'm seeing here?  I don't think
>> I
>> can even write up a Bugzilla report on this since the behavior isn't
>> consistent from one day to the next.  I'd sure like to know if anyone
>> else has had this problem though.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> On 4/10/2026 11:20 PM, Tom Route36 wrote:
>>> Hi Liz,
>>>
>>> No, the problem doesn't happen when opening GnuCash.  In fact, the
>>> way
>>> GnuCash behaves on opening is just what I'd expect.  GnuCash will
>>> open
>>> on whichever monitor it was on when it was last closed. So if I had
>>> it
>>> open on my secondary monitor (#2) when I last closed it, then when
>>> I
>>> go to reopen it, it will open up again on #2.  Similarly, if I last
>>> had it open and closed it on my primary monitor (#1), then when I
>>> reopen it, it will open again on #1. And that's all fine.  That's
>>> working just like any other app (e.g., Chrome or Firefox or most
>>> anything else).
>>>
>>> The issue with GnuCash is specifically with editing or creating
>>> Scheduled Transactions.  The Edit Scheduled Transaction window will
>>> always open up on the *other* monitor from where GnuCash is open.
>>> Specifically, if GnuCash is open on #1, then the Edit window opens
>>> on
>>> #2.  Conversely, if GnuCash is open on #2, then the Edit window
>>> will
>>> open on #1.  That's weird!  And wrong!
>>>
>>> Has anyone else ever noticed this?  Or reported it (i.e.,
>>> Bugzilla)?
>>> Is there any workaround for it?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/10/2026 10:55 PM, Liz wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:14:53 -0600
>>>> Tom Route36<tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure if anyone has run into this issue before; but I'd
>>>>> like
>>>>> to know if there's a fix for this.  The issue is that I have a
>>>>> Windows system with dual displays/monitors.
>>>> This is probably related to missing windows on opening where
>>>> people
>>>> have a dual monitor setup.
>>>> In your example it is happening later, all the previous reports
>>>> that I
>>>> recall were happening on openng.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Liz
>>>>
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