[SOLVED] set the position and size of leafpad to the default opening

bigbadaboum · 2023-02-18 16:53:34

Hello,

Is it possible to set the position and size of leafpad to the default opening, something like for xfce-terminal with --geometry=141x20+0+400 ?

With exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator but I don't know how to launch it with the position and size set by default.

Last edited by bigbadaboum (2023-02-24 13:53:40)

ToZ · 2023-02-18 17:26:55

If leadpad doesn't provide the option to set geometry, then you will have to use a tool like devilspie, or a command like:

leafpad & sleep 1 && xdotool getactivewindow windowmove x y

...to manually move it after it displays. You will need to have xdotool installed and will need to set the x and y coordinates. You can also fine-tune the sleep duration.

bigbadaboum · 2023-02-23 13:24:20

Hello ToZ

everything works fine in the terminal, but when I try to edit '/usr/share/applications/leafpad.desktop' with 'leafpad %f & sleep 1 && xdotool getactivewindow windowmove 33 0' I have a problem.

I didn't know that the --geometry option had to be implemented in the program for this to work, one more reason to think that the developers of xfce-terminal are doing a good job.
I installed mousepad-0.4.2 on my system but after a few days of testing I deleted it, the fonts section is not practical and the auto-hide scrollbar constantly bothers me when I select a complete line, I miss the last characters on the right.

thanks again for spending time helping others.

ToZ · 2023-02-23 14:47:52

bigbadaboum wrote:

everything works fine in the terminal, but when I try to edit '/usr/share/applications/leafpad.desktop' with 'leafpad %f & sleep 1 && xdotool getactivewindow windowmove 33 0' I have a problem.

Try this in the .desktop file:

sh -c "leafpad %f & sleep 1 && xdotool getactivewindow windowmove 33 0"

I installed mousepad-0.4.2 on my system but after a few days of testing I deleted it, the fonts section is not practical and the auto-hide scrollbar constantly bothers me when I select a complete line, I miss the last characters on the right.

You can disable these "overlay scrollbars" by setting the environment variable "GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0".

You an do this just for mousepad:

GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0 mousepad

...or in the .desktop file:

env GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0 mousepad %U

Or you can set it system wide by adding:

gtk-overlay-scrolling=0

...to ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini. Note that if you are creating this file from scratch, it needs to look like this:

[Settings]
gtk-overlay-scrolling=0

bigbadaboum · 2023-02-23 18:07:25

Thank you
sh -c "leafpad %f & sleep 1 && xdotool getactivewindow windowmove 33 0" work perfectly.

environment variable "GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0" after reboot
GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0 mousepad
...or in the .desktop file:
env GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0 mousepad %U
...to ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini.
[Settings]
gtk-overlay-scrolling=0
does not work with me.

glib-2.48.2 gtk+-3.20.10 cairo-1.14.12 pango-1.40.1 vala-0.36.20 xfce 4.12.4 thème gtk2 xfce-flat gtk3 greybird-3.20
/etc/gtk-3.0/gtkrc is not adwaita but my theme.

For me, the productivity gain is there, you can classify the position as solved (or it's up to me to do it, I don't know)

ToZ · 2023-02-23 20:04:35

bigbadaboum wrote:

[Settings]
gtk-overlay-scrolling=0
does not work with me.

I should have mentioned that you need to log out and back in again for it to take effect.

bigbadaboum · 2023-02-24 11:28:16

[Settings]
gtk-overlay-scrolling=0

after a reboot:

Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown key gtk-overlay-scrolling in /home/coquelicot/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

ToZ · 2023-02-24 11:39:38

Ok, I see. This setting was added in gtk 3.24.9. You're still at 3.20.10.

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[SOLVED] set the position and size of leafpad to the default opening

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