Relaunching VSCode forgets what macOS Desktop each window belongs to

[lilyball]

Issue Type: Bug

For native macOS apps, if I have windows spread across multiple Mission Control Desktops, quitting and relaunching the app restores the windows to the appropriate desktop. VSCode does not do this. Instead it displays all restored windows on the current desktop. This is very annoying since I'm using desktops to manage different workspaces (e.g. one project per desktop, with all associated files and windows), so every time I have to relaunch VSCode I have to manually drag each window back to the appropriate desktop.

VS Code version: Code 1.56.0 (Universal) (cfa2e218100323074ac1948c885448fdf4de2a7f, 2021-05-04T22:06:21.189Z) OS version: Darwin x64 20.3.0

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz (8 x 2700)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
gpu_compositing: enabled
metal: disabled_off
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
oop_rasterization: enabled
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok
video_decode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled| |Load (avg)|35, 10, 6| |Memory (System)|16.00GB (0.18GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 9e084c31-c5e0-4ce9-9608-5534964bf050| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

Extensions (52)

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A/B Experiments

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[vscodebot[bot]]

(Experimental duplicate detection) Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Windows: support to restore windows to virtual desktops (#116358)

[lilyball]

I don't believe this is covered by #116358. Beyond the fact that that issues is for Windows and this is for macOS, that issue was also considered a feature, whereas I firmly believe the macOS issue is a bug, as restoring to the correct desktop is a standard platform convention when restoring app windows.

[bpasero]

This needs support from Electron.

[VSCodeTriageBot]

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Happy Coding!

[jd-solanki]

It have 20 upvotes now 🥳

[VSCodeTriageBot]

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Happy Coding!

[Felice-Enellen]

The same problem exists on Windows, along with windows not remembering being minimized. Should that be a separate issue or can it be rolled into this one? It seems like this might be a multi-platform issue, not constrained to Apple systems.

[Felice-Enellen]

In fact, I'd say the issue should really be something a bit more comprehensive, like "windows need to remember as much desktop manager state as is available on each OS as possible".