If "/apps/metacity/general/disable_workarounds" is checked/enabled Pidgin main window is always displayed at the top left corner of the screen. If "disable_workarounds" is disabled, Pidgin main window is shown at the same place it was the last time it was closed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Disable Metacity workarounds for buggy applications (gconftool-2 --set --type bool /apps/metacity/general/disable_workarounds true); 2. Start Pidgin; 3. Move Pidgin's main window away from the top left corner and close the window; 3. Click on Pidgin's tray icon to display its main window again; Actual Results: Pidgin's main window is shown at the top left corner of the screen. Expected Results: Pidgin's main window should have appeared at the same position it was when it was closed. If "/apps/metacity/general/disable_workarounds" is False (the default), Pidgin behaves as expected (it's main window is appears where it was when it was closed).
Maybe because Pidgin does stupid stuff wrt window management that requires workarounds? Either way, hardly a Gnome issue. Reassigning. Please read metadata.xml before assigning bugs. Thanks
Maybe you shouldn't disable it?
(In reply to comment #1) > Maybe because Pidgin does stupid stuff wrt window management that requires > workarounds? That is exactly what I thought. I will report this bug to Pidgin developers. > Either way, hardly a Gnome issue. Reassigning. Please read metadata.xml before > assigning bugs. Sorry. I knew it wasn't a GNOME bug, but reading the description of the available categories "GNOME" seemed like the most correct one. My mistake. > Thanks
(In reply to comment #2) > Maybe you shouldn't disable it? I disabled it assuming that only legacy applications would need it and I would benefit from a "more consistent user interface" (as noted by the key description). Aparently I was wrong.
