[Xfce-bugs] [XFCE 0000154]: intelligent window placement

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The following bug has been REOPENED.
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http://bugs.xfce.org/view_bug_page.php?f_id=154
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Reporter:                   benxor
Handler:                    olivier
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Project:                    XFCE
Bug ID:                     0000154
Category:                   xfwm
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   tweak
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
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Date Submitted:             2004-03-26 04:56 GMT
Last Modified:              2004-03-26 17:47 GMT
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Summary:                    intelligent window placement
Description: 
At the moment, XFWM (4.0.4) places new windows in the top-left corner, and
then cascades them down from there. However, a technique which I always
found a lot more condusive to getting work done, was Metacity's technique
of bringing up new windows in the center of the screen.

Could XFWM be altered to bring up new windows in the center of the screen,
and then following windows up in positions near the corners of that main
window, and so on, like a flower/petal pattern? No more cascading, or
repositioning windows to the center =)
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 olivier - 2004-03-26 06:40 GMT 
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xfwm4 computes smartly where to place windows on screen by searching a
place to reduce overlap. It's doesn't cascade windows.

Some apps (noticeably mozilla, gimp 1.x) insist on placing their windows
at (0,0) and xfwm4 place windows where asked in that case.

No bug here.

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 olivier - 2004-03-26 17:47 GMT 
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I think I misunderstood your point this morning.

I'll see what I can do, but what you suggest will waste screen space (as
compared to what it is right now)

Olivier.