Re: Windows on strange positions on multimonitor setup

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

Michel van de Wetering wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed Dia for the first time on Vista x64. When I started Dia 
> the tools like window with the title "Dia v0.96.1" was mostly off the 
> screen of my second monitor. The Diagram1.dia window was on the expected 
> place on my -primary monitor. When using the File > Open option to load 
> a file the dialog to select a file is displayed across the 2 monitors 
> and partly offscreen.
These are all Gtk+ issues, some of them already reported.
E.g.: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=512580

> My setup:
> left monitor 1024x768
> right monitor 1280x960 (this is the primary monitor)
>
> I made a screenshot of the desktop. You can see it at 
> http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=diadesktopuy9.png
> The black rectangle at the top left is not part of any monitor.
That black rectangle is part of the problem, AFAIK there is no mechanism 
in Gtk+ to handle holes in your screen. Without looking at the image my 
advise is to not have it at the top of your virtual screen.

> Best regards,
> Michel
>
> PS: I could not figure out how to subscribe to this list but I will try 
> to read the archives every now and then.
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