On 07.12.2010, at 15:54, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

> 
> On Dec 7, 2010, at 15:33, Jan Hegewald wrote:
> 
>> Hey Christiaan,
>> 
>> many thanks for your quick response.
>> 
>> On 07.12.2010, at 13:08, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 7, 2010, at 11:13, Jan Hegewald wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dear Skim users,
>>>> I use skim every day to read PDF papers. If opening a new PDF, Skim stacks 
>>>> the window so that is a little bit smaller and positioned more to the 
>>>> bottom of the screen. This way one can see a fraction of the previous PDF 
>>>> window behind it. My problem with this behaviour: as the days go by, the 
>>>> windows become smaller and smaller and I always have to drag them to the 
>>>> top of my screen and then resize them to have the same size as the 
>>>> previous windows (i.e. fit my second screen).
>>>> Does anyone know a way to prevent this behaviour? I just wand every window 
>>>> to have the same default size.
>>>> 
>>>> Many TIA,
>>>> -- Jan
>>> 
>>> Cascading windows is standard behavior, it is a very valuable feature that 
>>> allows you to get to windows behind other windows. Cascading only shifts 
>>> the window, it does not resize, and that is also what I see. The system may 
>>> resize the window when it is too large to fit on the effective screen, but 
>>> only to fit the screen, and it will shift before it tries to resize. This 
>>> is also the behavior that I see, I don't see the resizing as you describe 
>>> it.
>>> 
>> 
>> My Skim windows open on my second monitor. As a default, they cover the 
>> whole screen. And now Christiaan, I am a bit confused: after quitting Skim 
>> and opening several PDFs, they do not move at all. I do not know how this 
>> move-and-stack behaviour is triggered, but I definitely see it every day or 
>> so.
>> I will write again if I have another clue about this.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> -- Jan
> 
> If they cover the whole effective screen area, then there is no place to 
> move, so they don't move, for instance when you open files maximized. When 
> they CAN move, they will.
> 

OK, but why do some windows not open with the full size, but smaller?

-- Jan


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