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regarding window placement scheme is deficient and not configurable
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Package: mate-desktop
Version: 1.16.1
Severity: normal
At least in version 1.8.x of MATE, windows were placed first where there
was room. Then if there wasn't any clear space to put a new window, it
would go in the middle of the screen. The current strategy is deficient
such that when there IS room, the new window is placed in the middle.
Example: I have Xterms sized so they take up a little less than a quarter
of the screen each. I start the first Xterm and put it in the upper-left
corner. Then I start a second Xterm. There is still lots of room
available, but it gets placed instead right in the middle, partially
overlapping the first Xterm.
It would be nice to have some configurability with window placement.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
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The option for controlling this isn't very obvious. To fix, select
System->Preferences->Look_and_Feel->Windows->Placement and de-select
"Center new windows". This is also found with dconf-editor as:
org/mate/marco/general/center-new-windows false
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