[X4U] Getting windows to open properly

[Philip J Robar]

On Nov 4, 2006, at 2:07 PM, Alec McKenzie wrote:

> At 15:40 -0400 on 4/11/06, Peter Saint James wrote:
>
>> Obviously somewhere in the operating system something dictates  
>> where and how a window opens. How can I change this to make the  
>> window always open snug to the menu bar, at the left of the screen,  
>> and full sized?
>
> No, it is not dictated by the operating system. Each application has  
> the freedom to do what it wishes in this respect.

I'm not a Coca programmer, but unless a program explicitly places and  
sizes its windows some part of the Window/Graphics System on all the  
OSs I've ever used do indeed open windows according to a plan. Whether  
or not OS X allows for any user control of this I don't know.

I did a quick Google search and didn't find anything that would be  
helpful to you.

There are several utilities that make various internal, hidden  
settings of OS X visible to users. Take a look at Deeper, Mac Pilot,  
Pref Setter, Tiger Cache Cleaner, Tiger Tamer, and Xupport. http://www.macupdate.com 
  would be a good place to look for information and users ratings of  
each.

I asked a friend to ask one of the Finder engineers about this. I'll  
let you know if I get a useful answer.


Phil