[moneydance] DEVSUG: Moneydance to persist windows state

[Edward Reid]

David Kaplan <davkaplan at gmail.com> wrote:
>I think that Moneydance should persist the window state when it i
>closed.  Every time I start the app, I seem to need to maximise the
>window (this is on Windows Vista).

Yes, and it's not only the main window. MD doesn't remember the size of 
windows in general. The reconciliation window, for example, always opens at 
the same size. This problem, related to one window or another, has received 
many complaints here.

At 21:36 10/02/08 -0500, Fuzzy Fox wrote:
>Instead of maximizing the window, drag the edges of the window out to
>where it is the size that you want, even if that covers the whole
>screen.  Then Moneydance will remember that size every time.

But dragging the edges of the window out to the edge of the screen usually 
results in different arrangement of elements which wastes space, at least 
under Windows.

In any case, most Windows applications remember whether they were maximized 
as well as the unmaximized size, and open in the most recent configuration. 
If you like swapping between maximized and non (the Windows term is 
"restored"), you lose that ability if you use this trick. MD's failure to 
do so is out of line.

And the Mac works the same way, albeit with variations on terminology. MD 
is just as much out of line there.

MD is really annoying in its handling of window sizes. The maximization 
part doesn't bother me because I never maximize MD, which does make decent 
use of the Windows MDI interface. I generally prefer applications which use 
SDI under Windows, though only because of Windows' poor handling of MDI. On 
a Mac, where everything is effectively MDI, it works much better. But 
failing to remember the size and placement of all those other windows 
definitely costs me time.

Edward
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