| Summary: | Remember window size & position by default | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] kwin | Reporter: | Unknown <null> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | nate, plasma-bugs |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version: | 5.16.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Neon | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Attachments: | Screenshot showing KDE Reddit community members who upvoted idea. | ||
+1, I would like this too, as it matches both what I expect, and also what other major platforms do. It is the application that decides how big the window gets. Ignoring that request from the application is against the NETWM specification, and thus is only available as per-application rule overrides. -1, to me it is a WONTFIX in KWin. KDE applications should remember window sizes. For applications that do not, please report an issue for that application. Some specific applications also remember window positions, mostly when you expect that you only start them once. > The position is also away from the center of the window
For windows which do not request a specific position, you can instruct KWin to automatically center them.
There are two parts of this. KDE apps generally do remember their window sizes, but with the default Smart window positioning strategy, they do not remember their prior positions. It seems reasonable to expect apps to remember their own sizes per the spec, but since KWin can and currently does have its own logic to determine window positions, I think it's reasonable to request a "remember prior position" mode. I have filed a new bug to track that so it can be discussed with a clean history: Bug 409349 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 409349 *** |
Created attachment 121242 [details] Screenshot showing KDE Reddit community members who upvoted idea. SUMMARY The out-of-the-box experience in Plasma when I open a Qt/KDE program (when window behavior position is set to "smart") is that the size of a window is small, often hiding elements of the program, and has to be re-scaled to make it use-able. The position is also away from the center of the window, which is often the main area of activity on a screen. I asked on Reddit if users preferred Plasma remembering window position & size by default (in order to fix this issue) and so far 286 have agreed. I'm requesting Plasma dev's consider changing the default behavior to remember window size & position by default, whether that means changing how the "smart" window placement setting behaves or adding a "Remember" setting so when a user re-sizes a window and moves it, then they close and re-open it, the window will retain the window size and position as before. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Suggested while using KDE Neon 5.16.2