start gPodder on windows 10, window starts in spurious positions.

[jimlad68]

I run gPodder on Windows 10 and having trouble with screen positions. Nothing major, just a bit annoying.

[1] I start gPodder via a shortcut to call a *.bat file e.g. start /max "" "E:\zPortAps\PortableApps\PortableApps\gPodderPortable\App\gPodder\data\bin\gpodder.exe" "E:\zPortAps\PortableApps\PortableApps\gPodderPortable\App\gPodder\data\bin"

In a single or multiscreen environment it never opens as it did before, and usually across 2 screens, sometimes with the title bar "off screen". In the case of single screen it can be "part off the screen"

The popout windows behave much better, they either open up as last time, or if monitor setup has changed they follow the main window.

I have mostly used the portableapps version, but also downloaded and tested the gPodder portable version from https://gpodder.github.io/.

Is there a way to make it open in the same position or better still open maximised?

[auouymous]

3.11.0 has a window positioning bug, are you using 3.11.1? If so, there is a menu item to open logs, check if they contain any warnings about reseting position.

Gpodder should restore the maximised state. Try searching for main_window in Settings.json (https://gpodder.github.io/docs/user-manual.html#default-gpodder-home-folder) and look at the x, y, and maximised values. Open the file again after restarting and closing gpodder to see if they changed.

I don't use Windows and don't know what that start /max command does, but have you tried without it?

[jimlad68]

Thanks for getting back.

• yes, on v 3.11.1

• In log cannot see anything re warnings about resetting position, mostly missing registry entries for players. But see attached in case I can't see it! 2023-03-09.log

• removed the /max and still the same, but I had the problem before I tried that as a supposed windows fix.

• Settings.json, stop start prog, with these settings starts mostly on monitor 4 (above laptop) overspilling to monitor 3 (to R of laptop). Double click on top bar makes it go to Restore size (i.e. not maximised), double click again to maximised. "main_window": { "episode_column_order": [], "episode_column_sort_id": 12, "episode_column_sort_order": false, "episode_list_size": 563, "height": 1033, "maximized": true, "paned_position": 476, "width": 1294, "x": 2568, "y": 178

• same result after stop, start gPodder.

• I then went to just the laptop monitor and first time it worked and maximised, but 2nd time was as if maximised size, but part on laptop screen, part off to the right. There was a message in the log, but not sure from which session: _[gpodder.gtkui.config] WARNING: "mainwindow" window was off-screen at (2568, 178), resetting to default position I did not get this message on the 4 monitor setup, just the window offsetting. "main_window": { "episode_column_order": [], "episode_column_sort_id": 12, "episode_column_sort_order": false, "episode_list_size": 563, "height": 1033, "maximized": true, "paned_position": 476, "width": 1294, "x": 105, "y": 38 The only difference I can see is the x, y.

• Then went back to 4 screens and gPodder start on monitor to left of laptop with the top bar not showing and just showing but with full height in the screen above the laptop.

• It is as if it is opening maximised size, but in the wrong position. Perhaps my windows setup confuses things, but I don't have this problem with other programs, occasionally I get popout windows hidden on a monitor that is no longer attached.

As I say, not the end of the world and simply a couple of double clicks, but a pity to give a bad first impression of otherwise mature descendant of Juice.

[jimlad68]

This might sound crazy, but I am having a similar problem with the standard Windows simple editor Notepad, but no other programs I have used including Notepad++, and the issue continued when I disconnected (without restart) all extra monitors just leaving the laptop monitor.

I then restarted the laptop with no extra monitors and all programs including gPodder worked fine.

I suppose this suggests something with windows 10 and my multi monitor setup (1 with HDMI socket, 2 via USBC HDMI sockets), but why some programs (gPodder + notepad), but not most.

Curiouser and Curiouser.

[auouymous]

The problem is that your mutli-head setup puts gpodder at a position that is off-screen when the other monitors are disconnected. In an hour or so when it finishes building, can you test https://ci.appveyor.com/project/elelay/gpodder/builds/46473354/artifacts and let me know if gpodder works if maximized or not maximized when connecting/disconnecting monitors?

[jimlad68]

auouymous have tested it (still show 3.11.1, but results different) = if window is NOT maximised (restore), restarts in correct place (I think that was the case before). = if window is maximised, restarts maximised BUT on the main laptop screen, not the monitor where it was before. = That result is probably better in a practical sense, but still needs dragging to old monitor if different window organisation is required. Another simple option is to have it nearly maximised, and that keeps the position OK.

[auouymous]

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/elelay/gpodder/builds/46476527/artifacts is current git which fixed the issue where maximized windows are placed at the unmaximized position, and will become 3.11.2 if nothing else gets changed.

if window is maximised, restarts maximised BUT on the main laptop screen, not the monitor where it was before.

Does the above artifact fix that? Excluding the case where you launch gpodder with only the laptop screen, and then launch it again after connecting external screen.

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/elelay/gpodder/builds/46480821/artifacts is the same but removes the position reset code. Does this work properly when unplugging monitors or does it place the window off-screen? Other Windows users have reported that 3.11.0 (no reset code) hides windows off-screen, so I doubt this will work for you.

If that does work, I could add a config to disable position reset, but it might allow windows to be placed off-screen and make gpodder appear frozen if the window is modal. There is also no way to always make it restore to the other monitor, even if reset is disabled. Various actions notify gpodder of the window's size and position, and receiving an event while gpodder is on the laptop screen will overwrite its position, forcing you to drag it back when connecting the external screen.

I could add a setting to disable saving changes to size and position. You can place the windows on the external monitor and then lock the setting. When using the laptop screen, each window would reset to default position but wouldn't save its new position.

[jimlad68]

I am using the portable downloads:

Re gpodder/builds/46476527/artifacts 1- Have tested in many restart situations and seems to be fine, especially for maximised window. 2- Slight "misvehaviour" is when it has been restarted with maximise window, then window restore, the restore does not go back to a previous "restore" window size, but looks like the top left has the restore position, but it is the size of a full monitor hanging off to the right and below, and needs the window edges dragging to fit on the screen. 3- If unplug extra monitors = OK 4- If then replug monitors, gPodder then starts in spurious position with top bar off screen. However, if brought back in view, it then behaves OK on further gPodder restarts.

Re gpodder/builds/46480821/artifacts 5- Keeps maximise screen, but always returns to laptop monitor. 6- similar to 2 above 7- unplug other monitors works well on laptop monitor 8- same as 4 above

So all in all builds/46476527 seems best.

Slight aside for future enhancement, gPodder sometimes takes a while to load (suspect it is getting lots of file info), so an initial splash screen might help to know it is doing something. Juice has one, but even that is a bit late in popping up.

Thanks for your efforts from someone who has been in IT since 1970, but never got my head around programming, at best bodging other peoples scripts!