Adding --geometry parameter to launcher not working Xfce 4.6.2 on Slackware 13.37
 

Hi everyone

I'm finally getting around to configuring my Xfce desktop environment and I'm having a lot of trouble having applications remember their last position. I did some Googling and found this is either not a supported feature or it depends on the application if they want to support it or not.

I'm trying to make my default terminal start in the center of the screen. I found that you can add the command line parameter for example and it should open at a 70x20 size in the 20+30 position. I added that to my panel launcher's command and ended up with however the terminal isn't opening at all.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I looked at this thread but it's basically the same thing I'm already doing.

EDIT:
After further reading, I discovered the default launchers use your preferred applications so I just used replaced the launch command with the following and it worked perfectly:

You can add the same information to $HOME/.config/Terminal/terminalrc:

MiscDefaultGeometry=70x20+30+200

Does that work for any application? I read that it was only for X. I want Firefox to start in the center of the screen and Mousepad on the lower left hand side.

My post was only for the Xfce Terminal. :)

Mousepad has its own configuration file in $HOME/.config.

If you want apps to open centered in Xfce, open the Xfce Settings Manager, select Window Manager Tweaks, then select the Placement tab.

I I have the option to center windows when opening already set in the Xfce Settings Manager but it's not working which is why I was looking for alternatives. I'll try out the Mousepad tip when I'm off work.

Thanks a lot for all your help!

I'm not a daily Xfce user, but in that same section I think the slider has to be moved all the way to the right (Large).