[scribus] Request for a feature - 'window memory'

Craig Bradney cbradney at scribus.info
Tue Nov 12 17:05:58 UTC 2019



> On 12 Nov 2019, at 17:04, ale rimoldi <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
> 
> hi mike
> 
> 
>> I played around a little and soem 'windows' did persist after
>> restarting Scribus, but not all. It seems that one has to dock them
>> and then move them to get them to persist. This is the first time
>> I've observed any behaviour like this in Scribus!
> 
> if you can steps that can be replicated please open a ticket with the
> exact steps to https://bugs.scribus.net
> 
>> 
>> Just docking them means less space for viewing the actual document
> 
> i tend to work on (very) small screens.
> it's not because a window is docked, that it should stay forever on the
> screen.
> in my case, for documents where i need more space, i do an F2 and f3 if
> i want to hide or restore the palettes.
> 
> the big advantage is that i don't have to move around my palettes but
> they are always at the same place, outside of the area where i'm
> editing my document.
> 
> other people prefer to dock everything and keep the windows around
> forever.
> de gustibus.
> 
> (i've seen people working with very little usable space...
> terrifying! ... not only with scribus. and they won't change their
> mind.)


Scribus has been saving window locations for more than a decade. There might be an issue with using multiple screens or something else so please describe your configuration in a bug and we can review.

Craig



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