Re: firefox windows position

On Sat, 31 May 2008 15:17:10 -0400
oleksandr korneta <[email protected]> wrote:

> on 05/31/2008 02:16 PM Matthias B. wrote:
>   > The problem is that while you can tell Fluxbox where to position a
> > window initially when it's mapped for the first time, there is no
> > option (as far as I'm aware) to tell Fluxbox that you want it to
> > refuse application requested geometry changes. 
> 
> interesting. But why would firefox request the geometry change after 
> all? Why don't give itself into the hands of the window manager.

I don't know. But it's not the only app that sets geometry on its
windows from time to time.
 
> > I'd really appreciate a setting in Fluxbox to ignore
> > application-requested geometry changes. I wouldn't even mind if it's
> > just a global option rather than per-application. *I* want to be the
> > master of my desktop. Once I've placed a window, be it
> > via .fluxbox/apps or manual positioning, I want the window to stay
> > put.
> 
> ok, I got it. Sounds like the useful feature, but I think that the 
> global option might be an overkill. In such a case if the application 
> pops up a dialog box it is going to appear in top-left corner of the 
> window rather than in the center. Or I am missing something here?

All I want is to prevent windows from changing geometry after they've
been initially placed. There's nothing wrong with placing a dialog box
where the app says it should be (unless .fluxbox/apps has something to
say about it), but once the window is on screen I don't want it to
change without manual intervention, especially not if the window is
grouped, because that'll mess up the whole group. I think for grouped
windows it never makes sense to heed geometry change requests.

MSB

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