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Bug 678336 - GIMP doesn't remember window/dock/toolbar setup on start
GIMP doesn't remember window/dock/toolbar setup on start
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: User Interface
2.8.0
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
: 666301 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-06-18 16:29 UTC by Scott
Modified: 2018-05-24 13:14 UTC
See Also:
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Description Scott 2012-06-18 16:29:52 UTC
When I start GIMP it resets to what seems like a default toolbar setup. I maximise the window, remove the left panel that says "You can drop dockable dialogs here" and widen the dock on the right. It looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/eCHld.jpg

But next time I start GIMP it reverts to this: http://i.imgur.com/l8wXX.jpg

The option "Save window positions on exit" is ticked.

I have a multi-monitor setup (laptop with widescreen monitor plugged in) but I'm not sure if that would really affect things, at least not the toolbar being shrunk down.
Comment 1 GrafxUser 2012-06-18 17:45:59 UTC
Confirming this bug for the 2.8 Mac build (Parthas build).
I moved the left vertical bar for the width to the mostleft to set it on width=0.
After restarting GIMP the left docking area is set to a width greater than 0. Only the left side is affected.
Comment 2 Michael Schumacher 2012-06-18 18:27:28 UTC
Probably the same as bug #666301.
Comment 3 Adam Nielsen 2012-09-01 06:24:18 UTC
I was about to submit another bug report for this, but since this seems to cover the issue and it's unconfirmed I'll post my findings here:

If you don't want to use the left-hand dock, you can't resize it down to a width of zero pixels, otherwise the right-hand dock width is reduced after a restart.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Enable single-window mode
2. Move all docks out of the left-hand dock, over to the right-hand side (I had to disable single-window mode to do this, I'm not sure if that's normal)
3. Observe message in the left hand dock "You can drop dockable dialogs here"
4. Resize left-hand dock down to zero width so message is no longer visible
5. Resize right-hand dock so it is your preferred width, remember this width
6. Restart GIMP
7. Observe left-hand dock has enlarged itself again so the message is visible, and the right-hand dock has become much narrower than it was set to in step 5.

It seems that if the left-hand dock has a width of zero, it is reset to the default size upon load.  This also causes the other docks to shrink their width accordingly.

If the left-hand dock (in step 4) is kept at one or two pixels wide, then the dock sizes are restored correctly after a restart.  It is only when the dock width is reduced to zero that the user's preferred dock widths are not restored correctly.
Comment 4 Max Mustermann 2012-09-01 14:57:57 UTC
*** Bug 666301 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Max Mustermann 2012-09-01 15:23:20 UTC
The effect occurs on Linux and Mac OS X (native build) and with a single monitor, too.
Comment 6 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 13:14:56 UTC
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