Mail Not Remembering Window Position of Previous Session (again)

Everytime I relaunch Mail, I have to rearrange the viewer windows to the way that is most efficient to use them. Is there a way for Mail to remember window positions, and sort preferences for each viewer window?

Interestingly, Mail does seem to remember the window positions, in its com.apple.Mail.plist, but it isn't applying the remembered positions. I tried a few times, and on at least one try it got the positions correct. Could it be that if you quit, restart then quit and restart again it will have them right on the second restart?
AK

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Is this a known problem (could not find with discussion search) and is there a fix? Thanks!

Interestingly, Mail does seem to remember the window positions, in its com.apple.Mail.plist, but it isn't applying the remembered positions. I tried a few times, and on at least one try it got the positions correct. Could it be that if you quit, restart then quit and restart again it will have them right on the second restart?
AK

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that is really a missing feature and there are still many apps, that do not remember window size/position.
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In your case, it would so be possible to move/resize the Preview window to the right half of the screen.
--- ShiftIt: the totally free one:
http://code.google.com/p/shiftit/
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--- SizeUp: free with "pay-me-reminder"
http://irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/
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Last edited by krovisser (2014-03-19 23:03:26)

Looks like everything is stored in the xfconf database, but I don’t know where it is located.
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Last edited by stqn (2014-03-19 09:24:29)

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This one is annoying the s$@t out of me...I work on a two monitor set up (which I dont even believe is a factor)...but Preview is the only app that will not remember its position - in fact - every time I open a PDF, its position changes.... even when setting ALL PDF's to the center of my screen.. When I open it again a 2nd time, it is different. It is actually splitting between both of my screens (most on the left, some on the right)
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I know exactly what you mean. I've been looking for a solution myself, as I have an unusual two-monitor setup. It seems to only be an issue when opening PDF's, like you mentioned. I've tried modifying PDFDocument.nib to change the initial starting location, but it doesn't seem to help, for some reason. If anyone is curious about what we're talking about, I took a screenshot:
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Most of the time, a second LCD screen is plugged in my Macbook and configured as the main display. When I arrange the windows, I keep iTunes or my mail application maximized on the macbook screen and use the bigger external screen for all other windows.
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Interestingly, Mail does seem to remember the window positions, in its com.apple.Mail.plist, but it isn't applying the remembered positions. I tried a few times, and on at least one try it got the positions correct. Could it be that if you quit, restart then quit and restart again it will have them right on the second restart?
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I've seen this problem for years in the forums and have never submitted a comment thinking this would be resolved, but at this point I'm so frustrated, might as well resubmit this issue.
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I wish it would just work but I found something.
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As far as I can tell this problem was never fixed and it goes back years:
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hi,
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cheers gerb

gerb wrote:
hi,
is it possible (in an "easy" way - dont want to edit config files for every application ) to remember the positions of windows on the gnome desktop?
cheers gerb
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