qTox changes window position on every restart

[towlie]

I saw this on Windows 7 and 10 (x64)
It moves a few pixels to the left and a huge step to the top:
The unwanted behaviour starts at 3. Window size is the same.

1. New position set:
   
2. First restart (nothing changed):
   
3. Second restart:
   

[PKEv]

http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/application-windows.html#window-geometry

[towlie]

Ah I see, it always takes the border size when it moves to the left and up. So it seems that qTox is missing special window geometry parameters which are required for windows.

[ghost]

RE "Windows only?": for me (Cinnamon v2.6.13, 2 monitors), it starts always in the same position. The login window in the primary monitor, at the top-middle; after login in, the user window appears in the second monitor, at the top-left corner.

[zetok]

Re: "Windows only?" - apparently not for @agilob; from #2348 (comment):

(…) KDE5. Window is moved a few pixels each restart.

[towlie]

I think what @kehugter described is something else. When you start qTox the first time without moving it then qTox will spawn on the upper left of your desktop next time. That happens because qTox only saves the position on move or size change. (And maybe he uses an old version which did not allow saving a new start position? See #2348)

[ghost]

And maybe he uses an old version which did not allow saving a new start position?

So it seems. Updated again and now the user window remembers the size, but it moves a few pixels up and to the left after every login (no need to restart qTox). The login window is displayed on a fixed position every time:

The window properties are shared among profiles. Is that OK?

Also: using a single monitor, the login window is displayed at the centre of the screen. The position/size of a user window previously on the external monitor is reset to the centre of the screen. No issues there.

[towlie]

So it is not windows only. If look at http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/application-windows.html#window-geometry then this also makes sense. So we just have to wait until someone will look at this.

[towlie]

It looks like qTox is ignoring DE borders when it tries to restore the window position.
So it uses this as start point (upper left point):

But it should use this point: