Dover
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I'm switching from MacOs to Windows 10 and used there Stay to manage app windows on different 'spaces' on the same monitor. In your discussions it seems the focus of DF is handling different monitors. Is there a way I could use DF to save and restore the state of apps in different workspaces in Windows?
Apr 16, 2020 (modified Apr 16, 2020)
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Thanks for the update! To clarify, was it saving the positions for all 6 windows in the profile, but just not able to load them?
Dover
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Precisely. Position and size were correct, but not restored for all six windows.
If you set the taskbar mode on the Settings > Taskbar tab to "All taskbars show all windows", then try to load the profile, does it work?
Dover
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I delayed my reply because I'm in the middle of migrating from one computer to another and had to reinstall DF to try this out. Well, yeah, that did the trick! Neat! Why is 'relevant windows' by default?? This is a great piece of software, it only looks very complicated - as everything Windows... . May every new user / customer get this right.
Dover
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Yeah, I see where the issue is, after working some hours with different monitors. I've noticed the new Task Mgr has improved in Win10, but they killed the Windows tab. DF can only save the title of the file / browser tab active at one point in time. But if you browse away within the same window or switch the tab in your broswer / open an extra file on the app 'watched' by DF, it would not know what to do with it after moving to the other monitor.
The dock-undock guide was good, but doesn't always work. I'll try with key shortcuts as suggested in that thread.
BTW, I have a Surface Book 2, and the system adjusts the windows when you rotate the screen. Win10 must have an alternative new way to handle windows...
Ah yep, changing window text will cause an issue loading Window Position Profiles, since it doesn't match any more. You can disable the Window Text condition in the profile, but if you have multiple windows with the same process name and window class, then they won't be uniquely identified any more.