Comment 21 for bug 335761

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In , Kde-8 (kde-8) wrote :

> I want to save the geometry of ALL windows: please add a option to ALWAYS remember windows properties by default.
ACK!

I use Linux/KDE (2048x768) inside vmWare on a dual-screen host (2560x1024). So X & kdm don´t know about two screens and just realize the wide resolution. So windows open often in the middle of both screens or with 70% of the desktop-width what results in ultra-wide widgets. What would happen with a 4000px wide (virtual) desktop? The windows would spawn overweening wide - so they need to know their 'common size' (something between minimal size to show their content and size of one display) - or at least remember the users demand last time.

The 'smart' windowplacement of KDE 3.5 sometimes opens windows (preferred texteditors) with a size of about 50x50px in a far away corner, if the desktop is cluttered with windows. But two minutes ago I maximized the last application entity vertically and want the current the same.

The functionality of the already available window-specific behavior configuration is great for special demands, so keep it, but it´s not good as missing-default workaround.
(The names of the tabs (at least the german) for this configuration do not really reveal which window-identification is mandatory for a rule. The workflow steps don´t really open up.)

I just wanted to annotate that application-specific transparency-rules also fit this topic, but it´s already there! :) Thank you, team!!

Beside the option 'remember application size and position when reopen' the smart placement (and sizing) would be much smarter if it could be defined that kde lives inside a dual-, tripple-, n-monitor configuration.
Depending on this, another 'smart' placement-strategy would work:
where to place new windows on screen: left screen, center, right screen, top, bottom, or the screen where mousepointer is on.

I have to note, that I haven´t tryed xinerama already.