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Egh · Junior Member Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 41

That's actually an old bug, just reporting as it affects the current beta as well.

It is a nuisance, not really a bug, but still.

Some windows (namely FTP tool, File Search and MRT) may open on a different monitor.

E.g. TC is started on monitor1 but I almost always move it to monitor2. Yet File Search opens on monitor2 and MRT opens on monitor1... (irrelevant of which monitor the main window is placed in) Weird.

ghisler(Author) · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:13 pm Post subject:

TC remembers the position and size of most windows which can be resized, including ftp connect, synchronize dirs, MRT, compare tool etc. When you use the dialog for the first time, it's always opened over the main window. But when you move TC to a different screen then, the dialog still opens at its old position (except when the screen was turned off in the configuration).

Any better ideas on how to handle this?
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Flint · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:13 am Post subject:

wanderer · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:30 am Post subject:

ghisler(Author) · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:59 am Post subject:

For test purposes, I have added such an option now. It's not documented it the help yet.

Could someone test it, please?

wincmd.ini
[Configuration]
SameScreenAsTC=1

Shows all resizeable dialogs (where TC remembers the position) on the same screen as the main program (32/64).

For example, the tree (Alt+F10) or the search dialog (Ctrl+F) remember their last position. Run TC, open search on same screen, close search. Now move TC to the other screen. Open search again. With SameScreenAsTC=1, the search dialog should now appear on the second screen too. The left and right free space should have the same relations as on the old screen, e.g. if the left gap was twice as wide as the right, this should be the case also on the new screen.

With SameScreenAsTC=0 (default), the dialogs always appear on the screen on which they were closed.

I consider to make SameScreenAsTC=1 the default once this function works as it should.
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HolgerK · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:26 am Post subject:

Seems to work fine (so far tested: MRT, Search, Sync, FTP Connect).

Theres is one point where i would prefer the old behavior:
Non modal windows like "Lister" or "Compare By Content" should be excluded from this repositioning.

Regards
Holger

Flint · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:29 am Post subject:

Tested with Ctrl+F, SyncDirs, Find Files, MRT — all seems to work as described.
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wanderer · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:31 am Post subject:

ghisler(Author) · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:47 am Post subject:

OK, in the next beta, SameScreenAsTC=1 will work only for modal dialogs like search or tree. Add 2 for Lister, and 4 for compare by contents.

wanderer · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:53 am Post subject:

ghisler(Author) · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:56 am Post subject:

So the user has a choice. Lister and Compare are special because they are independent windows. It could make sense to open them on the second screen while working with TC on the first.
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HolgerK · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:25 pm Post subject:

HolgerK · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:42 pm Post subject:

ghisler(Author) · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:48 am Post subject:

Thanks!
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