Bug Report: UI not centered/outside screen

[CMTriX]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues (both open and closed).

What happened or didn't happen?

When the program is opened it is partial outside the desktop in a remote desktop session. When i resize the window (to the left or right) it is complete visible again. I think it has something to do with the different resolutions, and a possible -bug- with a option in the UI settings.

Started with window centered on screen
I checked this option, but it does not center the UI from tray (re-open)/shortcut. It is only restored in the middle of the screen on first start.

Steps To Reproduce

open tool
check Started with window centered on screen
move window to right side
minimize to tray
reopen tool
it is on right side.

close/exit tool
open tool
the window is centered if Started with window centered on screen is checked.
GetMyIP_Settings_20250116.json

Version

latest

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100

Include application settings in use at the time the bug was encountered.

• I have included a list of settings.

Relevant log output

No response

Anything else?

No response

[Timthreetwelve]

@CMTriX

I'm recovering from eye surgery and find it difficult to do any coding right now. I'll look into this in a week to 10 days.

Thanks,
Tim

[CMTriX]

[Timthreetwelve]

@CMTriX

Thank you so much!

[CMTriX]

Did the surgery go smoothly? Are you seeing things clearly now?

[Timthreetwelve]

@CMTriX

Thanks for asking. The surgeries (one for each eye) went well. My distance vision is better than it has been in many years. For that I am grateful. The issue that I'm having is with my near vision. You know, for silly stuff like computer and phone screens. I'm in that "in between" phase where I'm waiting for my next appointment with the specialist. If he determines that everything is good, then I get sent back to my regular eye doctor for an exam and hopefully a prescription for glasses to wear when I need to see screens, etc. Until then I've gotten some reading glasses from the pharmacy that I can use. However, wearing them for a long time isn't ideal.

Obviously, I missed my original estimate of when I could get back to looking into issues. Hopeully that will be soon. In the meantime, could you restate the issue you are having with the remote desktop session? I don't think that I completely understand. 🤔

I have managed to create a fix for the window not restoring to the center of the screen.

Tim

[CMTriX]

Good to hear that your vision is getting better! Take your time to recover!

Regarding the RDP issue: After connecting to my desktop via RDP, the application windows appear partially invisible.

When I resize the window from the bottom or left side, the application becomes fully visible again.

Fully Visible After Resizing

[Timthreetwelve]

@CMTriX

Does the desktop computer have multiple monitors in use?

Does the desktop computer monitor and the computer that you are connection from have the same screen resolution?

[CMTriX]

Does the desktop computer have multiple monitors in use?
--connected 2e, not in use

Does the desktop computer monitor and the computer that you are connection from have the same screen resolution?
--no, desktop is higher

[Timthreetwelve]

Thanks for the info.

I'm going to handle window partially (or completely) off screen like this:

• If the position of the top or left edge of the window is less than the top or left edge of the desktop, change it to be the same as the desktop edge.
• If the position of the right edge of the window (left edge plus window width) is greater than the width of the desktop, then move the window to the left.
• If the position of the bottom edge of the window (top edge plus window height) is greater than the height of the desktop, then move the window up, taking into account the height of the taskbar.

Click here to see the code if you're interested.

        if (_mainWindow.Top < SystemParameters.VirtualScreenTop)
        {
            _mainWindow.Top = SystemParameters.VirtualScreenTop;
        }

        if (_mainWindow.Left < SystemParameters.VirtualScreenLeft)
        {
            _mainWindow.Left = SystemParameters.VirtualScreenLeft;
        }

        if (_mainWindow.Left + _mainWindow.Width > SystemParameters.VirtualScreenLeft + SystemParameters.VirtualScreenWidth)
        {
            _mainWindow.Left = SystemParameters.VirtualScreenWidth + SystemParameters.VirtualScreenLeft - _mainWindow.Width;
        }

        if (_mainWindow.Top + _mainWindow.Height > SystemParameters.VirtualScreenTop + SystemParameters.VirtualScreenHeight)
        {
            // WorkArea.Size.Height is the height of the desktop minus the taskbar
            _mainWindow.Top = SystemParameters.WorkArea.Size.Height + SystemParameters.VirtualScreenTop - _mainWindow.Height;
        }

The window position will be checked when:

• The application is first started.
• The application window is returned to normal after being either minimized or maximized.

I'm going to create a new option that will control if this behavior is active or not, so it can be turned off in case it doesn't work as expected.

I'll also create an option for the restoring to the center of the screen behavior.

That's all for today. Eyes are tired.

Tim

[CMTriX]

Nice work! Thanks. i will download and test the new release when it is available.

[Timthreetwelve]

During my testing I've discovered that, on my development machine, the built-in method to start an application centered on the screen is off by 5 px vertically. It's that way with Windows Terminal too. I'm not going to sweat it.