Another option is to create a new user and see if the behavior affects the new user.
Ken Schneider > On Jul 12, 2022, at 1:22 PM, Tracy <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >>>>>>> email >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>>> From: gnucash-user >>>>>>> <[email protected] >>>>> >>>>>> on behalf of Tracy <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2022 7:10 PM >>>>>>> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more >>>>>> information. >>>>>>> ----- >>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more >>>>>> information. >>>>>> ----- >>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> David Carlson >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>>> ----- >>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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