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Re: RISC OS Filer window

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On 22 Dec, Dave wrote in message
    <5bd368eae4dave@triffid.co.uk>:

> It's that click on the HD4 icon on the icon bar that's the problem.
> 
> It never appears where I want it, and its offset marches rightwards across
> the screen every time it's opened.
> 
> Other RISC OS windows also have uncontrollable offsets, Draw for example
> offsets down the screen, as does Pluto and many others.

It's so that new windows don't completely obscure the ones already on
screen. You can still see part of the older ones, and at least access the
back icon (if not the title bar) to bring them forward.

> I'm 'guessing' this is hard coded into the OS, so no chance of control?

I'm fairly sure that it's implemented on an application-by-application
basis.

-- 
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/

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