Hi, I often use GnuCash on a three-screen setup (Windows 11, laptop + two monitors). For me it seems like child windows (reconcile, scheduled transactions, exchange rates, etc) almost always open on a different monitor than the main GnuCash window. Sometimes I have GnuCash on screen one, and the child window opens on screen three. Sometimes I don't have screen three turned on and I don't see the child window. It's really annoying, but so consistent that it seems to be intentional so I haven't bothered reporting it.
Randy On Tue, 14 Apr 2026, at 9:26 PM, 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<[email protected]> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> ----- > >> 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 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
