On Friday 30 Dec 2016 21:19:40 Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> 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
>
> :)
Yes, that's how I cured this annoyance. :-)
I also selected, 'Remember these locks'.
--
Regards,
Mick
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