GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 75426
default geometry of new window (should be proportional to the screen size not hardcoded)
Last modified: 2015-11-23 18:19:19 UTC
Package: nautilus Severity: enhancement Version: 1.1.10 Synopsis: default geometry of new window Bugzilla-Product: nautilus Bugzilla-Component: Preferences Description: Every time open new window, geometry set to about 750x580. For me with 800x600 screen, this size of window is huge. so I wanna resize the window to my prefer like 400x400 or another. Nautilus need to support default geometry for new window. ------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2002-03-19 06:43 ------- Unknown version 1.1.x in product nautilus. Setting version to the default, "unspecified". Reassigning to the default owner of the component, nautilus-maint@bugzilla.gnome.org.
This seems useful.
Nautilus is supposed to have sm, like other apps; this should include window sizing.
not sure what to do here. We have sm now so any window you open from the desktop will be the same as the previous state (regardless of the your open window preference). Basically the default window size is hardcoded but since session management and individual window size is now implemented i'm inclined to just mark fixed. If the current behavior isn't good enough for you please reopen.
With sm implemented, every window that is opened when a previously saved session is restored will have the size it had when the session was saved. This does not apply to new windows opened from the desktop.
dave well the default geometry is fixed (hard coded). however one you change the geometry of a window nautilus will save that geometry for whenever you open that window. I think our current solution is pretty elegant but if you disagree reopen i guess. The only real solution is to create a set of gconf keys that let users specify the default window size but thats pretty crackky too.
I think propotional initial geometry is better than numeric one.
maybe your right, and this initial size should be proportional. I'll reopen i guess based on that. (I assume this is possible in X). but marking low on the priority as with the current design this is less of an issue. louie as always correct me if you disagree :)
I believe that someone should choose a certain number of icons that are needed to get useful work done at the default zoom, and choose a window size based on that. I don't think that people running at 1600x1200 want the same percentage that is useful at 800x600; what is normal to take up 75% of an 800x600 screen is obscenely large on a 1600x1200 screen. And vice-versa.
What happens if you're default view in the list view?
Then there are a certain number of rows that are necessary to be useful. It makes choosing a default size harder, but it doesn't justify using percentages.
*** Bug 334483 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Is that still an issue?
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug report if you can provide the information that was asked for in a previous comment. Thanks!