GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 201362
Evolution doesn't remember window positions
Last modified: 2010-03-11 03:43:31 UTC
The view pane of the evolution window should be wide enough to fit the mailer showing 80 columns of text plus the vertical scrollbar. Since this depends on the choice of GtkHTML font, it can't be done by hardcoding the size.
I think we can live without fixing this for now.
Well, note that currently (a) the default evolution window size gives me a mail display < 80 characters meaning I always have to resize it (b) it explicitly sets itself to be that size every time, so even if I tried to have my wm remember the size i wanted, evo would assbarn it
*** bug 203729 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
cc:ing myself because I find this really irritating.
Marking as 1.0, but removing anna since this isn't her problem and it doesn't affect screenshots, etc. ettore: if you won't be able to fix it, feel free to future.
Re-marking as "future" and lowering the priority. We are not really doing this yet, but now Evolution remembers the window size, so it is not as annoying as it used to be anymore.
Using RH 9.0, Evolution 1.2.2, if I exit with a non-maximized window and restart, the window appears with the same size and position. However, if I then maximize, exit, and restart, the window appears maximized as expected, but un-maximizing it displays a full size window, forgetting the previous size and position. Evolution should start in the same state as the previous exit, and the unmaximized size and position should be remembered, even when Evolution starts maximized. Further, the size and position of windows such as the filter rules definition window should be remembered.
hmmm. unmaximizing it, exiting and then restarting keeps window size, but not position. running suse9.2 and gnome2.6, evolution-2.0.2.0.200412060900-0.snap.ximian.10.1, metacity-2.8.0-3.
changing subject to better reflect the comments of all those reports that i'm going to mark as duplicates within the next minutes... ;-) this bug also refers to the mail/task/contact windows (double-clicking on a mail in the message list) - they remember their size, but not their position within a session in evo2.1.4 [this was bug 246823 and bug 247898]. at least duplicate bug 268472 was targetted to 2.3, therefore i will target this one here also to 2.3.
*** bug 244472 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** bug 247898 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** bug 268472 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** bug 246823 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
adding dependency to bug 219197 taken from duplicate bug 268472
*** Bug 306863 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Apologies for any spam... cc'ing usability-maint on all Evolution usability bugs. Filter on EVO-USABILITY-SPAM to ignore.
Evolution doesn't also save whether or not it's maximized. When I start Evolution, it always takes the whole area between my gnome panels, but i still can see the window border.
Looks like bug 243962 is a duplicate (as per comments 7, 8, and 17), though it doesn't seem to match the title.
As the window sizes are fixed per bug 243962, I'm retitling this bug to talk about position only.
removing old target milestone.
This was also reported downstream: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=221288
Position of main window is now restored at startup. Will deal with child windows on a case-by-case basis. File separate bugs. http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=186faf3821d20ad3073bc3a23bd7e427b59be069