gtk-bugs item #1045870, was opened at 2004-10-12 23:21 Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by lschiere You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=680472&aid=1045870&group_id=235
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: gtk bug #156246 >Status: Closed Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Jim (jim3535) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: New conversation windows always open behind taskbar in winxp Initial Comment: Gaim 1.01 OS: WinXP Pro SP2 New converstaion windows are always created at the top left of the screen. If the taskbar is on the top of the screen, the new window is placed behind it. This makes it much harder to move and is generally very annoying. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Daniel Atallah (datallah) Date: 2005-01-31 14:16 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=325843 I created a plugin that acts as a workaround to this GTK bug. It is posted in the Plugins Tracker: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1113304&group_id=235&atid=390395 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Luke Schierer (lschiere) Date: 2005-01-13 10:00 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=28833 based on https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6339295&forum_id=9587 I am moving this to the gtk-bugs tracker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jim (jim3535) Date: 2005-01-13 00:59 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=862287 I reported this as a bug because this behavior only occurs in later versions of gaim. The earlier ones either remembered the location, or opened the windows somewhere in the middle of the screen. As I recall version 1.0 back to when I started using gaim on windows (about 0.7x), was ok. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jeffery To (coderjeff) Date: 2005-01-12 05:37 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1089354 I also think this is a bug and not a RFE. (And I have to learn how to be less verbose.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jeffery To (coderjeff) Date: 2005-01-12 05:22 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1089354 When a program creates multiple windows without a given position, Windows positions each window in a cascading order. The topmost window is at the top left corner of the "visible area", the screen minus the taskbar. It does this even if the taskbar is on the left or on top of the screen. (I'm observing this on Win98, but I doubt this has changed at all in XP/2000.) Notepad (on Win98) creates windows that cascade. Buddy pounce popups and Get Info windows also cascade correctly; none of these open underneath a taskbar placed at the top of the screen. It looks like Gaim or GTK is telling Windows to always position new conversation/chat windows at (0,0) (top left corner) of the screen. It doesn't cascade and it doesn't take into account the visible area. Assuming Gaim is calling the correct GTK function correctly, this means this is a GTK bug. This could be related to the multiple monitors GTK bug (conversation windows placed at the top left of the total screen resolution, physically offscreen); I don't know enough to say for sure. Some people have suggested saving the conversation window position as a solution to this bug. I think getting the windows to cascade properly in the visible area should be the solution. If people still want the position saved, they should find the RFE for that and add a comment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Daniel Beardsmore (uilleann) Date: 2004-10-21 16:59 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=473078 A workaround for now (and this applies to all software that places resizable windows underneath the taskbar when it is at the top, in XP and 2k): click once anywhere on the window's border. This makes Windows resize the window such that about 4 pixels of the title bar become visible below the taskbar, and you can then drag the window out from under the taskbar. (this one is filed away in the "someone needs to borrow a Mac" dept., along with being able to windowshade (for rapid visual access to the window below) and being able to move and operate inactive windows by holding a key down. I'm not blaming any gaim devels for this one though, of course) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=680472&aid=1045870&group_id=235 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Gaim-gtk-bugs mailing list Gaim-gtk-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-gtk-bugs
