[kde-linux] Window placement

[Ron Johnson]

On Monday December 17 2007 16:21:53 Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Monday 17 December 2007 22:09:03 Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Monday December 17 2007 10:24:58 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Monday 17 Dec 2007, Tony Bloomfield wrote:
> > > > On Monday 17 December 2007 09:49:07 Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Whenever I open a KMail compose window, it is placed in
> > > > > the extreme lower left corner, instead in somewhere
> > > > > near the center of the screen.  There must be some way
> > > > > to reconfigure this, no?
> > > > >
> > > > > I've looked and looked, but found nothing.
> > > >
> > > > Have you tried clicking the little icon at the extreme
> > > > left of the title bar, don't know what it's called?
> > > > Select Advanced, then Special Window Settings. I'm not
> > > > sure it does exactly what you want, but maybe.
> > >
> > > You're a star!  This does exactly what Ron wanted.  Simply
> > > open your Composer window, drag it to where you want it,
> > > then use your instructions to tell it to remember that
> > > position.  Great Stuff!
> >
> > Ok, must be more proof that I need glasses.  Or I'm dense. 
> > What tells Composer windows to always open in the same spot?
>
> Open your Composer window and drag it to where you want it to
> appear.  Then click on the icon on the top blue bar > Advanced
> > Special Window Settings > Geometry > Position > Remember -
> you will see the coordinates already in the window when you
> select Position.

Thanks.  I'll keep using your original suggestion for now, but 
remember this for the future.

(GNOME might be not configurable enough, but KDE is soooo hyper-
configurable.  [And as a Windows-at-work and former long-time-
GNOME user, I find that the defaults -- at least in Debian -- 
are "odd".])

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson, LA  USA

"The President has kept all the promises he intended to keep."
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