[Lazarus] IDE window positions

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Ludo Brands wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> kubuntu 12.04 64 bit. lazarus 1.0.4 and 1.1 39930.
> 
> Tired of re-positioning IDE windows after lazarus start-up I have
> defined custom positions for the main IDE windows. Now, when I start up
> the computer and start lazarus, the windows are all messed up. I close
> lazarus, restart lazarus and some of the windows are in the correct
> position, restart lazarus again and all windows are as defined!!
> Sometimes a 4th restart is needed. I can restart lazarus as many times
> as needed thereafter and the windows will be positioned fine, until the
> next reboot.
> 
> When the windows are messed up, the position is random but not the
> window sizes. The windows sizes are as pre-defined or saved (I have only
> 6 custom positions, the other are restore window geometry) but the Main
> Menu will be in the position of fe. the console window or message
> window, etc. As if a the window positions are restored with a wrong,
> random, offset.
> 
> Is there something I can do to debug this? This is repeatable and could
> be the reason for some of the complaints of some people about window
> positions not always being restored correctly (Graeme?). Combine this
> behaviour with restore window geometry and there is no way to get your
> original window positions back since, the wrong positions are saved when
> exiting lazarus.

Might be worth checking whether this is specific to GTK, i.e. Qt is 
unaffected. I notice that when running a Lazarus+GTK program (including 
the IDE itself) on Debian+KDE (which I believe is comparable with 
Kubuntu) some windows sporadically minimise themselves when desktops are 
switched.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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