Some floating windows are positioned left/top - intentionally?

[bluefander]

Hello,

Since sway-scroll 1.12.17 in certain applications I am using floating windows are getting moved to the left/top.
For example, see this loading window in gimp that is positioned this way:

floating_left_top.mp4

The same I can observe in the mail client evolution.
I can't remember having seen this in previous versions. In those these floating windows were positioned in the middle of the screen.
Is it intentional to do it like this in 1.12.17?

Thanks for clarification!

[dawsers]

The position of floating windows should be set by the application, and in most cases, the application will remember where it set them the last time. For example, my splash gimp window opens in the middle, and then, the main window opens where I left it and with the size I left it the last time I used gimp (all my gimp windows are floating windows).

If that is not the case for you, share your config and I may have a look.

[bluefander]

Thanks for your immediate reply.
I think I discovered what is causing this behavior.
I am using the following script:

local function on_map(view, _)
local app_id = scroll.view_get_app_id(view)

if app_id == "scide"
or app_id == "org.gnome.Evolution"
or app_id == "blender"
or app_id == "org.kde.kdenlive"
or app_id == "org.frescobaldi.Frescobaldi"
or app_id == "brave-browser"
or app_id == "codium"
or app_id == "gimp"
then
-- grab the container for this view
local container = scroll.view_get_container(view)
if container then
-- set vertical and horizontal sizes after container is placed
scroll.command(container, 'set_size h 1.0; set_size v 1.0')
scroll.container_set_focus(container)
end
end

if app_id == "galculator"
then
local container = scroll.view_get_container(view)
if container then
-- set vertical and horizontal sizes after container is placed
scroll.command(container, 'set_size h 0.5; set_size v 0.5')
end
end

end

scroll.add_callback("view_map", on_map, nil)

If I deactivate it the mentioned floating windows are positioned in the middle. Is there a possibility to adapt this script so that I would be still able to resize these applications?

[dawsers]

In 1.12.17 I added support to use set_size and cycle_size on floating windows. So in your script, you maximize gimp windows, including floating ones, that then recover their real size. But when maximizing them, the top left corner will be at the top left of the monitor, and that is why it shows there.

You can modify your script to only do what it is doing if the window is not floating. Use scroll.container_get_floating(container) to test if the container is floating, and don't set the size if it is.

[bluefander]

Ok, got it working, thanks!