pidgin message windows change repeatedly grow on a multi-monitor setup

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Initial set up requires two monitors of different resolutions (call them
"large" and "small")

On "small monitor"
1. bring up the pidgin buddy list
2. double click a contact (this should bring up a message window in the
floating layer)
3. give the message window focus and hit escape (this should dismiss the
message window)
4. repeat steps 2-3 several times.  Each time the message window should be
the same size as it was before.

Repeat everything on "large monitor".

On my machine everything works correctly for the "small" case; however,
each time I open the message window in the "large" case the window has
grown from the last time it was opened.  This leads to ever growing message
windows (unless I resize them by hand, which is my current periodic work
around).

I am using:

xmonad 0.8
ubuntu 9.04

Original issue reported on code.google.com by matt.fowles on 29 Jul 2009 at 6:20

Attachments:

• xmonad.hs
• xmonad.recompile

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This also occurs in my setup, but not just with Pidgin. It also with
gnome-volume-control.  Both are managed with doFloat.  The ratio between the 
sizes of
two instances of a given window is roughly the same as the ratio between my 
screens.  

A seemingly-related (but less intrusive behavior) also occurs with gnuplot: 
windows
that appear on the larger screen are first rendered as if they appeared on the
smaller screen (meaning that the plot only covers a portion of the window); the 
plot
is then automatically scaled to fill the entire window.

Original comment by daniel.s...@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2009 at 9:19

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I can confirm: I have 2 monitor setup (bigger/smaller) and I have the same 
issue with Psi and Pidgin (both have 'remember window sizes' setting enabled).
Each time the window is opened it gets bigger.

Any ideas?

Original comment by marcin.rataj on 16 Jan 2011 at 10:35

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I reported that error to the mailinglist some months ago. For me that problems 
exist for the "Save As" window from opera.

All mentioned programs seems to use gtk, like pidgin, gnome-volume-control, 
opera...

Original comment by FelixBla...@gmail.com on 16 Jan 2011 at 10:41

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I used to have a similar problem with claws-mail's folder listing dialog... I 
always thought it was an xmonad problem :/

Original comment by ivan.miljenovic@gmail.com on 16 Jan 2011 at 10:59

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I meant "a claws-mail problem".

Original comment by ivan.miljenovic@gmail.com on 16 Jan 2011 at 11:08

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When I disable 'remember window sizes' setting in Psi the issue goes away (chat 
window size is always constant), so I think the bug may be related to window 
size hints  and the way doFloat handles them. 

Also: Psi is in QT.

Original comment by marcin.rataj on 16 Jan 2011 at 11:19