[Lazarus] ide automaximizing on startup

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:10:23 -0600
Seth Grover <sethdgrover at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm playing with IDE docking for the first time and I have come across an
> annoyance I haven't found a solution for yet.

What OS?

 
> I followed these instructions:
> http://wiki.freepascal.org/Anchor_Docking#Docking_in_the_IDE
> 
> I installed the AnchorDockingDsgn package, set everything up the way I want
> it, and saved it to a file. I start the application with the
> --anchordocklayout= option (although it does the same thing if I just tell
> it to save my layout as the default).
> 
> The problem I have is that when the IDE starts up, it starts up maximized.
> This causes the layout to not be the same as I've saved it (things like the
> component bar are way too big). So what I have to do, each time, is
> unmaximize the program, then re-load my window layout from the file. This
> is a pain.
> 
> Is there a way I can have the application start up not maximized? I looked
> at the anchor docking layout file and don't see an option for it in the
> default XML, anyway.

Have you tried to close the IDE and delete the environmentoptions.xml?

Mattias