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Padfoot

Member

Registered: 2010-09-03

Posts: 381

Xfce 4.8 xfwm4 window placement settings no longer have any effect.

Hi just though I'd post this so anyone else having this issue is aware that a bug has been raised with Xfce:

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7233

Here is the text of the bug I submitted:

In 4.6 I had set all windows to open in the centre of the screen using the
window manager tweaks placement tab in settings.

In 4.8, no matter what settings I use in this dialog, all windows (regardless
of size) open in the top left corner of the screen (even when using the "Under
the mouse pointer" setting).

When I installed 4.8, I deleted all my 4.6 settings and cache as there were a
few other issues that this corrected, but the window placement issue persists.

I have tried adding a new user to my system so I am only modifying default 4.8
settings, and the window placement issue still persists.

Using a stock Arch install with no package modifications from the repositories.
The only DE installed is Xfce 4.8 along with the required Gnome libraries.

Cheers.

zippy

Member

Registered: 2009-02-01

Posts: 54

Re: Xfce 4.8 xfwm4 window placement settings no longer have any effect.

Sorry to hear that. It works for me? Im quite anal about placing EVERYTHING in the center of the screen upon open.

http://imgur.com/doBgk

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Last edited by zippy (2011-02-04 01:41:44)