hi richard, > At this moment i'm working on Scribus using my laptop and an extra > 22" LCD on top of the laptop screen. > > I have the screen layout, the same as my physical screens, that is, > my 12" laptop below my 22" monitor. > > So i put scribus on my 22" (up) and the rest o programs, open > folders, image previews, etc.... on the lower screen. (12") > > Now... when i close Scribus unplug external monitor and restart > Scribus, it goes off screen, as if my external (UP) monitor still > were connected. I guess i dont need to clarify that this only happens > with scribus and absolutely not any other program, i mean Gimp, > xnview, media player, aimp, Firefox, Thunderbird, Openoffice... etc... > So i have to go, plug my monitor, activate it and drag Scribus(down) > to laptop screen. > > ALSO... when i do the described actions, i mean, close scribus, > unplug monitor but also use my laptop for other tasks, or just shut > down and come back to work next day, i plug my external monitor, > start Scribus and.... it goes to an imaginary lower screen. I mean, i > have my 12" laptop below my 22" monitor, so i have nothing under the > laptop screen (as if i could put a screen on my keyboard). > So, i have to change the screens layout, send my 22" below the 12" > one to see scribus screen and drag it to my 12" screen... then > rearrange my screens layout putting the 22" on top so i can start to > work again. > > I'm using 1.3.3.13 on Windows, and i insist, this behavior does not > exist with any othe program i use.
afaik, scribus has problems to reset its windows coordinates when their lay outside of the monitor... personally, i don't know how we could solve them (beside an automatic check...), but i think it would a good if you could put your notes above into the bug report system: http://bugs.scribus.net ciao a.l.e
