[Xmonad] Some windows appear on the wrong head

Spencer Janssen sjanssen at cse.unl.edu
Thu Aug 2 10:38:43 EDT 2007


On Wednesday 01 August 2007 01:47:20 Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> Say my focus is on the second head.  I start Eclipse.  It shows a splash
> window on the current head (the second one).  Then it pops up a
> workspace chooser window, but that window appears on the first head!
> (Even though focus is still on the second head, on the Eclipse splash
> window, in fact.)
>
> Ideas?
>
> Kai

We blindly accept the geometry requested by floating windows, which is usually 
the right thing to do.  This case, however, is a bit troublesome.  What do 
other window managers do in this situation?


Cheers,
Spencer Janssen


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