Windows move down screen in steps when using external screen
Dorian Gray
Whenever I plug in or unplug an external monitor, the windows for some
applications (namely Safari, all versions; and Skype, all versions) move
vertically down the screen by 1.22 cm. This is cumulative, so it is
possible to determine, from its position on the screen, how many times
an external monitor has been plugged in/unplugged since a window was
opened. The windows do not change size, so the bottoms of large windows
disappear off the bottom of the screen.
This is annoying and I would like it to stop. Any ideas?
Rowland McDonnell
[snip]
> This is annoying and I would like it to stop. Any ideas?
Yes, lots of them.
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> Dorian Gray <D.G...@picture.invalid> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > This is annoying and I would like it to stop. Any ideas?
>
> Yes, lots of them.
So you'll have -absolutely no objection- if other people reply to you in
this way the next time you ask for help?
Jim
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Jim
When you say 'windows' do you actually mean 'windows' or 'the entire
screen'? Ie, does the menu bar and Dock (assuming it's at the bottom)
move?
And is it *any* monitor?
Dorian Gray
j...@magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:
> Dorian Gray <D.G...@picture.invalid> wrote:
>
> > iBook G4, Mac OS X 10.4.11
> >
> > Whenever I plug in or unplug an external monitor, the windows for some
> > applications (namely Safari, all versions; and Skype, all versions) move
> > vertically down the screen by 1.22 cm.
Correction: The 1.22 cm is after two steps. It is half that amount for
each plug-in/unplug. In fact the step-size is exactly equal to the
height of the window title bar in e.g. Preview.
> > This is cumulative, so it is
> > possible to determine, from its position on the screen, how many times
> > an external monitor has been plugged in/unplugged since a window was
> > opened. The windows do not change size, so the bottoms of large windows
> > disappear off the bottom of the screen.
> >
> > This is annoying and I would like it to stop. Any ideas?
>
> When you say 'windows' do you actually mean 'windows' or 'the entire
> screen'? Ie, does the menu bar and Dock (assuming it's at the bottom)
> move?
Yes I mean windows. The menu bar and dock [1] and desktop icons etc.
are unaffected. Also unaffected are windows in Mail, TextEdit,
MT-NewsWatcher, Finder, Preview. It just seems to be windows in Safari
and Skype that are affected.
[1] My dock is at the bottom and hidden.
> And is it *any* monitor?
I don't know - I've only ever plugged a single type of monitor into it,
namely an AG neovo (F-419).
Jim
>
> Yes I mean windows. The menu bar and dock [1] and desktop icons etc.
> are unaffected. Also unaffected are windows in Mail, TextEdit,
> MT-NewsWatcher, Finder, Preview. It just seems to be windows in Safari
> and Skype that are affected.
>
> [1] My dock is at the bottom and hidden.
>
>> And is it *any* monitor?
>
> I don't know - I've only ever plugged a single type of monitor into it,
> namely an AG neovo (F-419).
Ummm. I can't really add anything except "yes, that's really rather odd".
Sorry.
My Oasis of Calm has dried up. However, my Garden of Angry is
flourishing quite nicely.
Dorian Gray
j...@magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:
> Rowland McDonnell <real-addr...@flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Dorian Gray <D.G...@picture.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > This is annoying and I would like it to stop. Any ideas?
> >
> > Yes, lots of them.
>
> So you'll have -absolutely no objection- if other people reply to you in
> this way the next time you ask for help?
I think what Rowland is trying to say is that he might have attempted to
answer my question, except I wouldn't see it because he's in my
killfile. That of course is the downside to killfiling anyone - that
you won't see any valid contributions they subsequently make to the
group. That is why I think very carefully before I killfile someone,
and have only killfiled a handful of people (not including sock puppets).
My estimation of their smoothed net contribution to the group needs to
be in severe negative territory before I hit the killfile switch, which
means that any positive contribution they make (if any) must be swamped
by their negative contributions (because of proportion and/or severity
of the latter).
Rowland McDonnell
> Rowland McDonnell <real-addr...@flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Dorian Gray <D.G...@picture.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > This is annoying and I would like it to stop. Any ideas?
> >
> > Yes, lots of them.
>
> So you'll have -absolutely no objection- if other people reply to you in
> this way the next time you ask for help?
<puzzled> Of course not - I'm being helpful. I could offer much advice
to Dorian, if only he engaged with me in discussion.
Clearly, you are intending to put me down with personal abuse.
I don't understand the basis on which you are doing so, but I view your
behaviour as utterly disgraceful and beyond the pale - I despise you for
your shittiness.
Dorian Gray
Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> On 2009-11-26, Dorian Gray <D.G...@picture.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > Yes I mean windows. The menu bar and dock [1] and desktop icons etc.
> > are unaffected. Also unaffected are windows in Mail, TextEdit,
> > MT-NewsWatcher, Finder, Preview. It just seems to be windows in Safari
> > and Skype that are affected.
> >
> > [1] My dock is at the bottom and hidden.
> >
> >> And is it *any* monitor?
> >
> > I don't know - I've only ever plugged a single type of monitor into it,
> > namely an AG neovo (F-419).
>
> Ummm. I can't really add anything except "yes, that's really rather odd".
>
> Sorry.
>
> Jim
Anyone else have any ideas? It is really annoying. Here is the OP:
Message-ID: <D.Gray-CA194A....@nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk>