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Noel Burgess
Iron Contributor
Jun 01, 2019

Window size and position

It's good to see that preview versions remember window size and position - this has always been an irritating problem with Edge. However, if I open a new window (Ctrl-N), it retains its parent's size...
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CodeDJ
Iron Contributor
Jun 01, 2019

Noel Burgess File Explorer works the same way so may be it's more a Windows way of doing things than Edge. Just checked on macOS, it also offsets new windows the same way.

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    Noel Burgess
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 01, 2019

     

    CodeDJ wrote:

    Noel Burgess File Explorer works the same way 

    CodeDJ 

     

    Thanks.


    I just tried with File Explorer (probably for the first time ever) and saw that the new window was something like 40px to the right and 50px higher (!) than its parent. So the behaviour is analogous, but the metrics are different. Subsequent 'new window' requests produced even more exaggerated moves.

     

    This leads me to believe that the offset is determined within the program/app and not inherited from some Windows setting. At least, each new window in Edge is consistently 10px to the right and 10px below its parent. These are the values I'd like to be able to specify.

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