[linux-audio-user] QJackCtl window position consistency?

[Rick Wright]

Rui Nuno Capela wrote:

> Rick Wright wrote:
>
>>
>> I'd like the qjackctl windows (i.e. the control window, messages, 
>> connections, status) to open for a subsequent executation in the same 
>> screen locations as I had them at shutdown from the last execution.  
>> Is this possible?  I can't seem to find an option for this.
>>
>> All (and only those) windows that were visible from the previous 
>> execution do indeed appear on the subsequent application run (which 
>> is good), but the window positioning appears to be forgotten.
>>
>> Rui, if this is not currently supported, would it be possible to add 
>> this feature?
>>
>
> Window positioning persistence is already featured and is default 
> behavior, for quite some time. AFAICS its been ever since ;). Problem 
> is that behavior may vary, with some glitches depending on your 
> particular WM. It is well known, at least to me, that window positions 
> aren't remembered very well if you stick to use the WM close button on 
> those window titles, usually the ones labeled as [X]. OTOH if you use 
> qjackctl main window control buttons, to toggle child window 
> visibility and to quit application, all seems to work just fine ;) or 
> so I believe and been told.
>
>

I am finding inconsistency in the window positioning persistence.  
Sometimes the windows appear in the same position, sometimes they 
don't.  This has been tested using only the QJC main window control 
buttons as recommended above.

Leaving the windows open (only testing using 4 of them: main, status, 
messages, connections) upon shutdown (quit on main window) and 
restarting QJC sometimes gives the same locations and sometimes not, but 
it seems that the windows don't like the presence of other windows (i.e. 
an xterm from which to start QJC!) and the most prevalent offender is 
the main window.  Actually, it seems that upon the first restart of QJC, 
the positions are remembered, but without moving any windows, a second 
quit/restart results in some windows appearing cascaded from the top 
left of the desktop.  Window sizes are always remembered.

Can anyone else reproduce this?

Rick