Window Positioning

[Peter Haworth]

I use cprops a lot but I thought it wasn't possible to store cprop  
values across runs of a standalone?

Pete Haworth

On Dec 7, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Terry Judd wrote:

> Custom properties are good for this sort of thing. Create a stack  
> property
> named cTL and populate it with the (topLeft) coordinates that you  
> want the
> stack to initially open with. Then in you preopenstack handler...
>
> on preopenstack
>    set the topleft of me to the cTL of me
> end preopenstack
>
> Then if you want to recall the last known position of the stack the  
> next
> time you open it then just modify the cTL property each time you  
> close the
> stack
>
> on closestack
>    set the cTL of me to the topleft of me
> end closestack
>
> Alternatively you can just hide stacks rather than closing them by  
> trapping
> the closeStackRequest message, and then show them the next time you  
> open
> them. That way there is no need to capture and reset their location.
>
> on closestackrequest
>    set the visible of me to false
> end closestackrequest
>
> You can query the openstacks to see whether the stack needs to be  
> opened
> (first time) or simply shown (subsequent times).
>
> HTH,
>
> Terry...
>
> On 8/12/10 12:06 PM, "Peter Haworth" <pete at mollysrevenge.com> wrote:
>
>> OK, I understand.  It sounds like I should be specific about the
>> default position where I want each of my windows to appear and then
>> come up with a scheme for the standalone that saves the position of
>> each window when it's closed.  I already have a scheme in place to
>> save other settings in an outboard file because of not being able to
>> save stuff within the standalone so that shouldn't be a big deal.
>>
>> A lot of this has to do with windows getting hidden behind other
>> windows.  I already have a menu that lists all the currently open
>> windows so users can easily get to one that is hidden by selecting it
>> from the menu but I think attempting to avoid that problem by  
>> specific
>> positioning would be a good idea.
>>
>> Pete Haworth
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Björnke von Gierke wrote:
>>
>>> stacks save their position and size into themselves when you save
>>> them, be it via the save menu or by any other means. Stacks that are
>>> a standalone can't save themselves. Other programs use  setting
>>> files or the registry to save their window size and positioning
>>> between launches.
>>>
>>> Note that the IDE might reposition your stacks, depending on the
>>> windowboundingrect which excludes the IDE's menubar, iconbar and the
>>> tools palette from the available places for stacks.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 Dec 2010, at 23:59, Peter Haworth wrote:
>>>
>>>> Given that I  don't provide any coordinates for the window position
>>>> when I open a stack, what default position does LC use?
>>>>
>>>> My stack windows always seem to open at the same coordinates but
>>>> each stack window is at a different location.  If I drag a stack
>>>> window to a different location on the screen, close it, then open
>>>> it again, it is displayed at its original position, not the one I
>>>> dragged it to so it seems like it's my responsibility to record the
>>>> window location in those circumstances if I want it to open at the
>>>> same location next time around.
>>>>
>>>> Pete Haworth
>>>
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