GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 147693
GTK+ doesn't support multiple monitors properly
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
On a Windows XP computer using two monitors, Gaim (which uses GTK+), does not behave like it should on the second monitor. Whenever I drag a Gaim window over from the first to the second monitor, and close it when on the second monitor, that's where it should be when I re-open it. But it always appears in monitor #1. It seems as if GTK+ remembers the relative coordinates of the screen, but does not care about which monitor it was on when closed.
Not really a gtk problem. Apps have to remember their position themselves (or on X, have the window manager do it for them)
The Gaim folks says that they trust (which they probably should?) the coordinates GTK gives them: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100235&aid=991428&group_id=235
Is Gaim wrong to trust the coordinates GTK provides?
It may be that getting window positions on mutihead doesn't work correctly. You or the gaim on win32 developers will need to debug to find out where the fault lies.
Okay, thanks. I'll mention it for the Gaim folks. :-)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 148526 ***
Gaim is not telling the windows in question where to show up. It turns out that if gtk_widget_realize() is called on the GtkWindow prior to it being filled in and set up, it causes the window to appear off screen when it is eventually shown (it appears in the "missing top-left corner of my non-rectangular desktop"). This behavior is also experienced when various other calls happen during the construction of a GtkWindow if the GtkWindow itself hasn't been gtk_widget_show()'d yet.
Daniel - in the GAIM bug tracker discussion Asbjørn linked to, he GAIM developers specifically say that they do save window positions. Are you sure that it isn't the case for you?
The window position is saved only for a few gaim windows (I think only the Buddy List window, actually). All of the other windows are just placed created and shown - it is left to GTK / the WM to place them.