Re: [e-users] Some windows insist on opening on my laptop screen
I think it's a java thing. I notice the same behaviour and also, they think I have I large screen instead of 2. Is most annoying with splash screens beeing cut in half 2015-08-11 20:47 GMT-03:00 Daniel Kasak d.j.kasak...@gmail.com: Hi all. Some applications ( java apps, and also an app of mine ) always open new windows on my laptop's screen, even though I launch them on a 2nd LCD screen. Changing the 'Window Display' policy doesn't seem to affect them. I'm running E19 from git, by the way. I have no idea what the java apps are doing, but I've noticed that with my app, it's only a single window affected - one with gtk+'s new header bar and client-side decorations. AFAIK I haven't done anything to hint that I want it launched in a particular location. I've looked at gtk's window gravity stuff etc, and there is nothing different about this window compared to others. Any ideas what's happening? Dan -- ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users -- Wido -- ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
Re: [e-users] Some windows insist on opening on my laptop screen
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Carsten Haitzler ras...@rasterman.com wrote: On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:47:50 +1000 Daniel Kasak d.j.kasak...@gmail.com said: Hi all. Some applications ( java apps, and also an app of mine ) always open new windows on my laptop's screen, even though I launch them on a 2nd LCD screen. Changing the 'Window Display' policy doesn't seem to affect them. I'm running E19 from git, by the way. I have no idea what the java apps are doing, but I've noticed that with my app, it's only a single window affected - one with gtk+'s new header bar and client-side decorations. AFAIK I haven't done anything to hint that I want it launched in a particular location. I've looked at gtk's window gravity stuff etc, and there is nothing different about this window compared to others. it;'s likely java requesting specific geometry on start. some apps (and toolkits do this. they THINK they know better and want to request a specific location (eg remember last one). one reason for this is windows has no smart placement itself so apps invariably are left to do their own placement to not be insanely dumbly placed. but this falls over with multiple screens because 100,100 might be on another monitor depending on your screen layout. you can work around this by having e's remembers force the app to a specific location you want (on the current screen - so remember position, not screen or desktop). Hi Carsten. Thanks for the response. I've tried lots of combinations of 'remember' settings, but none appear to affect where the windows are placed. Is there a way to debug this ( remember settings ) ... eg see if an app is being identified on startup. It's possible it's changing it's name mid-flight or something, and so not being detected? I successfully use 'remember' settings for other apps. It just seems to be this java app that E always places in the top-left corner of the laptop screen. Dan -- ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
Re: [e-users] Some windows insist on opening on my laptop screen
Yeah the splash screen thing, I don't care so much about, though I guess it's a symptom of the same issue. My main concern is this app I'm using ( it's a commerical data transformation app ... *really* old-school ... buggy ... grrr ) has a LOT of new windows open, and they *all* go to my laptop screen, which is really annoying. Shouldn't the placement of windows be the task of the window manager, and not the application? The app can *request* things I guess. But a policy of ignore app requests in this respect would be a good feature to have. Dan On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Wido wido...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's a java thing. I notice the same behaviour and also, they think I have I large screen instead of 2. Is most annoying with splash screens beeing cut in half 2015-08-11 20:47 GMT-03:00 Daniel Kasak d.j.kasak...@gmail.com: Hi all. Some applications ( java apps, and also an app of mine ) always open new windows on my laptop's screen, even though I launch them on a 2nd LCD screen. Changing the 'Window Display' policy doesn't seem to affect them. I'm running E19 from git, by the way. I have no idea what the java apps are doing, but I've noticed that with my app, it's only a single window affected - one with gtk+'s new header bar and client-side decorations. AFAIK I haven't done anything to hint that I want it launched in a particular location. I've looked at gtk's window gravity stuff etc, and there is nothing different about this window compared to others. Any ideas what's happening? Dan -- ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users -- Wido -- ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users -- ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
Re: [e-users] Some windows insist on opening on my laptop screen
On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:47:50 +1000 Daniel Kasak d.j.kasak...@gmail.com said: Hi all. Some applications ( java apps, and also an app of mine ) always open new windows on my laptop's screen, even though I launch them on a 2nd LCD screen. Changing the 'Window Display' policy doesn't seem to affect them. I'm running E19 from git, by the way. I have no idea what the java apps are doing, but I've noticed that with my app, it's only a single window affected - one with gtk+'s new header bar and client-side decorations. AFAIK I haven't done anything to hint that I want it launched in a particular location. I've looked at gtk's window gravity stuff etc, and there is nothing different about this window compared to others. it;'s likely java requesting specific geometry on start. some apps (and toolkits do this. they THINK they know better and want to request a specific location (eg remember last one). one reason for this is windows has no smart placement itself so apps invariably are left to do their own placement to not be insanely dumbly placed. but this falls over with multiple screens because 100,100 might be on another monitor depending on your screen layout. you can work around this by having e's remembers force the app to a specific location you want (on the current screen - so remember position, not screen or desktop). -- - Codito, ergo sum - I code, therefore I am -- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)ras...@rasterman.com -- ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
[e-users] Some windows insist on opening on my laptop screen
Hi all. Some applications ( java apps, and also an app of mine ) always open new windows on my laptop's screen, even though I launch them on a 2nd LCD screen. Changing the 'Window Display' policy doesn't seem to affect them. I'm running E19 from git, by the way. I have no idea what the java apps are doing, but I've noticed that with my app, it's only a single window affected - one with gtk+'s new header bar and client-side decorations. AFAIK I haven't done anything to hint that I want it launched in a particular location. I've looked at gtk's window gravity stuff etc, and there is nothing different about this window compared to others. Any ideas what's happening? Dan -- ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
