On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 09:26:43 +0000 Mick <[email protected]> said:
> On Friday 30 Dec 2016 11:32:30 you wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:41:21 +0000 Mick <[email protected]> said: > > > I have observed a really annoying behaviour with some KDE applications: > > > > > > If I maximise the window of e.g. kwrite, then unmaximise it back to its > > > normal state and close it, the next time I launch this application it will > > > always be launched in a maximised state, taking up the whole monitor. > > > > > > Using the window bar to unmaximise it, either clicking on the top right > > > 'v' > > > icon, or top left Window/Maximize/Unmaximise will resize the window, and > > > place it at the top left of the monitor with the window bar pushed off the > > > monitor. I have to use Alt+Left Click to drag it further down the screen > > > and make the window bar visible again. > > > > > > Once in a while this behaviour will stop unpredictably and the window when > > > launched will be normal size - unmaximised. However, if I maximise at any > > > time it will always return to this annoying fully maximised size every > > > time > > > it is launched again, for the foreseeable future. > > > > > > Why is this happening and how can I reset the size of these KDE app > > > windows > > > so this sticky maximisation does not happen? I have tried various > > > Remember > > > settings and nothing sticks. > > > > i think you will find the app is saving its last state and trying to restore > > it on start. this is supremely annoying and in the past i have used e's > > locks and remembers. > > > > 1. tell e to remember the window (eg position and size) AND rememeber locks > > 2. set up locks to "disallow app from moving/resizing/maximizing" etc. > > > > and watch the problems go away. :) give it a try. this is precisely why e > > has these features - to let you spank badly behaving apps and send them to > > bed without supper. :) > > Thank you Carsten! :-) > > I had to select both Remember and Lock for Program Position, Size and > Maximised state. After that the size change was retained. On my current > version the setting "disallow app from moving/resizing/maximizing" is not > there. under "window locks" go to advanced. under program locks select position, size, maximized state :) > The only thing is that Gwenview in particular would normally auto-resize to > fit the image being opened 1:1, as long as the size of the image was smaller > than the maximised size of the application window. For some months now > Gwenview would always open in full size, which was annoying. Now it will > always open on the Remember(ed) size. Perhaps I'm asking too much for such > temperamental applications, but is there a way to make it resize to fit the > image being opened, but not default to a fully maximised size when the image > is smaller? no way to do this without finding something in gwenview to disable it's remembering of state. the wm has no clue what image is loaded or why. all it knows is "app wants window to be AxB pixels in size". :) > -- > Regards, > Mick -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
