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Description of problem: At some point, applications like Firefox, Chrome, vlc, etc. start to open new windows outside the visible screen. You can them press "Alt+Space" and choose "Move window" to get them back to the visible area. I can't tell you what "some point" is. It just started some time ago and persists until now. This behaviour is persistent now on my system and it's getting somehow boring to always move windows back on screen. Please see "Additional infos" on more information about the setup. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): As I don't know which exact component of the stock F24 desktop is responsible for managing and storing window positions, I'm not sure what to list here. I'm using an up-to-date F24 with the stock GNOME desktop / X11. How reproducible: Example 1: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Firefox 2. Klick on the address line and start to type something which is in the history Actual results: The address popup (the combobox which is made of the address line and the history URLs/proposals) opens somewhere outside Firefox. This happens with other pull down menus, too. If you've no luck, parts of it are outside the screen, so you can't see the current state of checks. Expected results: It opens under the address line. Example 2: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Chrome (external from google) 2. Browse somewhere 3. Press F12 for the developer tools or open a new browser window in general Actual results: Optically nothing happens. After pressing the "Windows" key to get the window summary for the current workspace, you see that the developer tool window opened actually. You can move that window into the visible screen area. Expected results: The window opens on the connected screen. Example 3: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open VLC (external from rpmfusion) 2. Open the settings window Actual results: Optically nothing happens. After pressing the "Windows" key to get the window summary for the current workspace, you see that the settings window opened actually. You can't move that window into the visible screen area, because it is somewhat attached to it's parent window. I don't know a workaround for using it that way, so this one is more critical. Expected results: The window opens on the connected screen and I'm able to modify settings. Additional info: The system is a notebook with a build in high-dpi display. I'm using it "on the road" with the internal display with "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2". When I'm at work, it is attached to a *non* high-dpi display, while the internal screen is disabled in the GNOME display manager. It would be nice if they could be used at the same time, but using mixed DPI settings gave much headache currently and I never managed to get it work for more than a minute. The described behaviour happens on both displays.
This happens also to stock apps like empathy. If I open empathy, the roster window is outside the visible screen each time. I've always to move it back.
Using X11 (wayland doesn't seem to perform well with the built-in Intel HD Graphics 520).
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