So, I have started to fiddle around with some Window Rules - unfortunately not successful.
My goal is the following: Have 6 Applications in Autostart (allready working), beside of those 6 start with a blank session:
That’s fine and working. But the windows are opened somewhere, somehow. Left Display, right Display, minimized, maximized, kind of random. So my approach was: Go window rules! This is what I have:
Depends on the application’s behavior - with Dino it opens up in the same state as it was closed. And this behavior is not affected by my window rule. It stays on the position and with the size it had when it was closed.
Intention is: Be maximized, be on the first screen, be minimized.
you lost me at “workspace rule” - I thought Window Rules are the way to go?
This is what I initially done, with the result I have mentioned above. Nevertheless I tried to mimic your setup - no change in dino’s behavior.
I would just keep trying with various settings and see if I could get it the way I want - might take a bit but would be a good learning experience for you/ For example I often screw around with my system to get certain thinmgs working how I like but often result in falure and the easieast way for me to rollback without noting evety change is to reinstall - If I start from scratch I normally rememebr what I’ve done previously and what didint work one Ive gone through everything is when I start looking for answers or just let some “pronlems” be
You also need to uncheck “let the applications remember their desktop coordinates” (or something along those lines, not in front of my pc atm) in settings under workspace rules, advanced tab.
So you want it to open maximized, and minimized and on the first display? I’ve been trying to follow along, but your first comment doesn’t mention needing to be on the first display. I believe I picked that up from later comment. Also what is the current state of the window rules? Which ones aren’t working? For opening on the first display, I believe you need to add the screen property and choose the appropriate one.
I am currently focusing on the dino window rule - get one done, and the others will follow - at least that was my thought. It is not working. And yeah, screen came later, didn’t had it in my initial window rule, because… I didn’ know I want it?
And yeah, the Application should be full screen aka maximized, but minimized to the Task Manager Bar, and should open on the first screen maximized when I click on the icon in the Task Manager Bar.
Nevertheless I tried all the rules (they are basically copies of each other, with the exception of the title, which I always grab via “Detect Window Properties”.
Thunderbird is working quite fine, so no issue here
Librewolf is not working
Telegram ain’t working.
Signal neither
So 1 out of 5
I meant more like which properties aren’t working rather than which applications. Is maximize working, is minimize working? Do they work if you set them and then open the app or do they just not work on startup?
I have been testing the window rules with telegram, typora, bitwarden, and a few others and one thing I can say I noticed is that native applications work fine, but the start minimized is ignored by most electron, qt-webengine (a.k.a secretly just chrome) applications.
Apps like telegram and bitwarden simply refuse to follow certain window rules. From your list telegram, librewolf, and signal are all basically browsers (with libre wolf actually being a browser). I think you will have the hardest time with those. I tested the minimize rule with thunderbird and it seemed to work fine for me as well.
So yeah, to recap what I have learned today. Browsers suck and don’t care about integrating into your system. 3 out of 5 of your apps are browsers and I don’t know what dino is?
