[Kdenlive-devel] Start maximized by default

[John T. Mertz]

Just to clarify, I am referring only to the very first time kdenlive
starts and the user does not yet have a saved state to restore from.
Of course when it starts thereafter it should restore the previously
saved state.

On 4/1/10, John T. Mertz <thatonefilmguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, it will start 'maximized', not 'full'
>
> I think the opposite, that it is quite annoying that a video editing
> app, which requires as much screen estate as possible, does not start
> maximized (on first start). Or at least large enough to be usable at
> startup.  There are a lot of apps that start maximized if it fits the
> application. Kdenlive is not a simple audio or video player
> application that only requires a small amount of space, or any other
> similar app that requires a very limited amount of screen space to be
> usable.
>
> IMO there should at least be a set start size for the application that
> gives the different widgets ample room to be viewed (unless the screen
> size is smaller than the optimal defaults) it doesn't appear that this
> is the case, since afaik kdenlive just calls show() to display the
> main window but doesn't set the size.
>
> On 4/1/10, Dan Dennedy <dan at dennedy.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:05 AM, John T. Mertz <thatonefilmguy at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Is there a reason kdenlive does not start maximized by default?
>>
>> because it may be considered rude. How many applications you know
>> start maximized? The size is sticky between sessions as it should be.
>> good enough and as it should be IMO
>>
>>> I saw the notes about showMaximized() not working 100% correctly in
>>> all window managers in X11, but if it works for most, it seems better
>>> to default to full screen than not.
>>>
>>> Currently if I delete my settings file then open kdenlive with default
>>> settings, after going through the wizard kdenlive opens at
>>> approximately 25% of my full screen resolution. And I don't have a
>>> huge screen size either.
>>>
>>> Using showMaximized instead opens it full screen.
>>
>> full or maximized?
>>
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