Yep, that was it! Thanks for replying so quickly!
2014-09-08 15:26 GMT+02:00 Tycho Andersen <[email protected]>: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 02:19:51AM -0700, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi, I'm a happy user of qtile since the beginning of summer. > > > > I have a question regarding qtile that I hope someone among you can > answer. > > > > If I place a floating window partly outside of the screen (let's say > > top-left coordinates of the window are (-50, -50)), then move to another > > group of windows and come back to the original group, the floating window > > will be completely inside the screen again (top-left coordinates (0, 0) > or > > even (10, 10), if there are other windows present in that group). I see > > this behavior even in the default configuration, versions 0.7 and 0.8. > > > > The question is: where in the code does this happen? I've done a cursory > > search on qtile's code base, but I haven't be able to find the piece of > > code responsible for this. > > > > Just to provide a bit of context: my goal is to reproduce an old setup > > (very similar to what BadWM <http://freecode.com/projects/badwm> > provided) > > that felt quite right for me. It only uses the floating layout, so I want > > to avoid something moving my windows behind the scenes. > > It looks like this happens in libqtile/widget/floating.py's to_screen, > which is called from libqtile/group.py's _setScreen. > > We do still use the fake screen support for testing (the reason this > was all added), but I think the else: condition there could probably > just be removed and the tests updated; it doesn't make sense as a > placement rule (and especially doesn't if that's what is breaking > things for you). > > \t > > > Thanks in advance > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "qtile-dev" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qtile-dev/XgtkvfZkFVI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
