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  • [Dialog] Is there a way to auto position & size the composition window by default?

    From Randy Jones@randolphJones@randyjones.com to news.software.readers on Wed Apr 23 06:27:33 2025
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    I haven't messed with the Dialog setup in years.
    Dialog: Settings > Layout

    But every time I hit "f" to followup to an article, the composition window
    that pops up takes up the entire monitor width and height.

    Of course I can manually re-size & re-position the followup popup window to
    be only the left half of the monitor screen width (and full height), but
    then the next time I hit "f" to reply to an article, the composition window that pops up above the Dialog GUI still takes up the full monitor again.

    There must be a way to set the composition window size & location, isn't
    there? I just want the composition window to take up the left half of the monitor width at the full monitor height.

    How do I automatically position the composition window to half the monitor?
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  • From Bernd Rose@b.rose.tmpbox@arcor.de to news.software.readers on Wed Apr 23 17:09:56 2025
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    On Wed, 23rd Apr 2025 06:27:33 -0000 (UTC), Randy Jones wrote:

    How do I automatically position the composition window to half the monitor?

    When a composition window is open, resize and position it to your needs. Afterwards, save these settings via <Options> menu of this composition
    window. The saved settings will be the new default.

    Bernd
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  • From J@J@M to news.software.readers on Wed Apr 23 18:31:13 2025
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    On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 06:27:33 -0000 (UTC), Randy Jones <randolphJones@randyjones.com> wrote:
    I haven't messed with the Dialog setup in years.
    Dialog: Settings > Layout

    But every time I hit "f" to followup to an article, the composition window >that pops up takes up the entire monitor width and height.
    Of course I can manually re-size & re-position the followup popup window to >be only the left half of the monitor screen width (and full height), but
    then the next time I hit "f" to reply to an article, the composition window >that pops up above the Dialog GUI still takes up the full monitor again. >There must be a way to set the composition window size & location, isn't >there? I just want the composition window to take up the left half of the >monitor width at the full monitor height.
    How do I automatically position the composition window to half the monitor?

    in post [p] or followup [f] window, resize and position composition window, then under the options menu, "save current window size and pos. as default"

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  • From Randy Jones@randolphJones@randyjones.com to news.software.readers on Wed Apr 23 19:33:37 2025
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    On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:09:56 +0200, Bernd Rose wrote:

    How do I automatically position the composition window to half the monitor?

    When a composition window is open, resize and position it to your needs. Afterwards, save these settings via <Options> menu of this composition window. The saved settings will be the new default.

    Bernd

    Oh, duh. I was looking all over the main window for an option to set the composition window size (ie without the composition window being open!).

    I didn't even look inside the composition window itself (because I thought
    it would have been with the Dialog main layout setup for the windows).

    My bad. Thanks for that suggestion. Sorry for not looking hard enough.
    It was all there all along. Just like you said it would be. My bad.

    40Tude Dialog:
    (Composition window) > Options > Save current window size & pos. as default

    Thanks!
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