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ianyh / Amethyst

Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.
https://ianyh.com/amethyst/
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Amethyst Loses Track of Windows #467

Closed felixge closed 7 years ago

felixge commented 8 years ago

This is related to, but maybe different from #392.

I'm a new user of amethyst and I frequently notice amethyst "losing track" of windows. I.e. I'll have a window that I can bring up with Cmd+Tab, but amethyst doesn't assign a space to it. Hitting Shift+Opt+T to toggle float mode doesn't bring it back either. The window is not reachable via Shift+Cmd+J/K. The only way to get the window "back into the fold" is by hitting Cmd+W and reopening it (sucks if the window has useful state). Another way to bring it back is to restart Amethyst.

I'll try to pay closer attention to my workflow to see if I can create better steps to reproduce the problem. I'm usually using the tall layout.

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cjthompson commented 8 years ago

I noticed a similar issue. It seems to be related to when I set an application to full screen and then restore the window back to regular mode.

benmosher commented 8 years ago

I see this some of the time when "hiding" windows with Command-H and bringing them back with Command-Tab.

I think it works some of the time, but it definitely fails a lot of the time. Same remedies apply: either quit and re-open the individual app/window, or relaunch Amethyst (and lose my Amethyst state).

Supporting show/hide would be great, it's a cool way to cycle things "off screen" quickly.

benmosher commented 8 years ago

New observation: just got into this issue and was going to let it just be.

When I switched spaces and then switched back, the lost window was recognized by Amethyst again, and positioned properly. Could be a workaround?

glibsm commented 8 years ago

In addition to hiding, similar thing happens with minimizing the window. One even quicker work-around is to toggle tiling on and off for the rogue window (cmd-shift-t twice)

felixge commented 8 years ago

I'm on 0.11.0b3 now, and while the reported workarounds above work sometimes, the only reliable workarounds for me are:

The new "Force Windows to be reevaluated" shortcut (Alt+Cmd+Z) only works intermittently for me.

sunapi386 commented 8 years ago

I noticed this too, upon closing and relaunching AppCode. I have to restart Amethyst for the window to be captured again.