Thunderbird doesn't remember last window position or state

[ulrich]

thunderbird should honor the location where it was closed last time and open at the same position when started.
for example: on my dual monitor setup, thunderbird opens on the first screen in fullscreen mode. i then move it to the second screen and close theunderbird. opening it again, thunderbird opens on the first screen instead of screen 2.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: thunderbird 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: VT1708B Analog [VT1708B Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ulrich 1605 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: ulrich 1605 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ulrich 1605 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20110929183320
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xf9f78000 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia MCP77/78 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1106e721,10438345,00100100 HDA:10de0002,10de0101,00100000'
   Controls : 38
   Simple ctrls : 19
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Speakers'/'Logitech Logitech Z-5 Speakers at usb-0000:00:04.0-2, full speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:0a13'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Channel: release
Date: Wed Oct 5 10:26:13 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/thunderbird-7.0.1/thunderbird-bin
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.106 metric 1
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
Prefs:
 places.database.lastMaintenance - 1317037118
 extensions.lastAppVersion - 7.0.1
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 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages - 124626
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0.1/20110929183320 (Running)
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/02/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0406
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M3N78-VM
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0406:bd06/02/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM3N78-VM:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Colin Law (colin-law)]

This is now particularly annoying with the Unity interface as Thunderbird keeps starting in such a position that it pushes the launcher off screen.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

This still seems to be an issue with Thunderbird 60.4 and Ubuntu 18.04.

If I move Thunderbird to the secondary monitor and close it (not maximised) it will re-open on the primary monitor maximised. I'll look for an upstream bug report.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:64.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/64.0

Steps to reproduce:

I moved Thunderbird (window not maximised) to the secondary display and later closed it.

 * I'm using Thunderbird 60.4.0, Ubuntu 18.04, GNOME Shell 3.28
 * Originally reported against Thunderbird 7.0.1 and Ubuntu 11.10
 * Launchpad bug: http://launchpad.net/bugs/868175

My apologies if this has already been reported as I feel that it must have been but I couldn't find a similar report after 30 minutes of searching.

Actual results:

When relaunched, Thunderbird opened maximised on the primary display.

Expected results:

I expected Thunderbird to re-open with the same window state (not maximised) on the same display on which it was closed.

[Jorg K (jorgk)]

Hmm, a friend of mine complained about this today on Windows. I've just tried myself and TB comes back on the screen where I closed it, maximised or not.