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

[Jan Depner]

On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 16:23 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 16:00 -0500, Rick Wright wrote:
> > Lee Revell wrote:
> > 
> > >On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 14:46 -0500, Rick Wright wrote:
> > >  
> > >
> > >>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?
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >What desktop environment and window manager are you using and which
> > >version?
> > >
> > >Lee
> > >
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > Reply try #3.....
> > 
> > Running an up-to-date FC4/GNOME (2.6.10) system.
> > 
> > Rick
> > 
> 
> OK, I just reproduced this on my Ubuntu Breezy system, Gnome 2.12.0.  If
> I run qjackctl, open the Messages window, move it, open the Connect
> window, move that, then close the main window by clicking the X, next
> time I run it the Messages window has moved back to where it started.
> 
> Surely this is a WM bug, the app can't be responsible for remembering
> the position of its windows?
> 

    Yes.  The app is responsible for remembering the location of its
windows.  This is done in Qt using Widget::setGeometry,
Widget::frameGeometry, and Widget::geometry.  You have to remember to
capture all of the window positions on close (of any kind).  I use
QSettings to save and restore window locations (and toolbar locations).
One problem in KDE prior to 3.2 (I think that was the version),
sub-windows do not always come back in the correct location.  When I
went to FC4 (uses KDE 3.4) this was corrected.


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