Help: title bar permanently stuck under parent title bar

I am using the program Jalview, which is a Java-based protein/DNA sequence alignment editor. This program works by opening a parent window, within which all subsequent windows are opened. My problem is that the title bar of one of these sub-windows (ie: the only part which you can click on to drag the window around) has become trapped under the title bar of the parent window. Saving my work, closing the program then re-loading has not helped as the program saves the windows open inside the parent window as a "session" and remembers the location of each window - so my window of interest always ends up back in the same place stuck under the title bar!
Title bars getting stuck under things is an infuriating bug that I often encounter when using Macs, but never to this extent.
Thanks for your time.

Hi,
Welcome to the    Discussions
I would ask if the app has a Window Menu and whether this lists the window ?
If so can it be brought to the "Front" so that you can grab it ?
If not I would go to your Home Folder/Library/Preferences and find the .plist for the app.
I would highlight it and use Quick Look to read through the info - mainly to check it is not containing stuff you want to keep/not lose.
The info may contain the window location info.
If the .plist does not contain other stuff that is important and cannot be reset I would delete it.
The next time the app is started up it will read defaults and windows will be back to their default positions.
Edit:-
Most apps written for Macs have the tool bar button top right of the Header (White/non coloured oblong tablet shaped button) If you use this the Tool Bar the apps has can be turned Off - which might just make the title Bar area small enough to grab the partially hidden window.
10:41 PM Thursday; February 24, 2011
Message was edited by: Ralph Johns (UK)

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