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Am 2014-04-06 00:06, schrieb Jake Maier:
> Hi
>
> When opening a file the inkscape window opens partly off screen so the
> controls to close, maximize and minimize are off screen and I cannot move
> the window at all.
>
> The menu with file, edit,. is also off screen.
>
> How can this be fixed?

That depends on your operating system and window manager. Judging from
your mail user agent, you appear to be using Windows. There, I would
advise using the window menu, which you can access either by pressing
alt-space while the Inkscape window is focused, or by right-clicking its
taskbar button. There you will have choices to minimize, move, close and
maximize the window. (These instructions are taken from my memory, I
don't use Windows.)

Hope this helps.

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So second try in the right thread I hope.

Thank you Darkweasel,
You are right, I'm using windows 7.
I forgot about the alt space, and that works perfectly. I can move the file
to the center of Windows, but even when I save the file. When I reopen the
file, it will again be at the same place off windows. I can live with that
but it would be nice if the window would open where it is supposed to open.
Do you have any other idea how to fix it?
Thank you very much for your answer.
Jake

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From: darkweasel [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 6:13 PM
To: Inkscape User Community
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] window opens partly off screen

Am 2014-04-06 00:06, schrieb Jake Maier:
> Hi
>
> When opening a file the inkscape window opens partly off screen so the
> controls to close, maximize and minimize are off screen and I cannot
> move the window at all.
>
> The menu with file, edit,. is also off screen.
>
> How can this be fixed?

That depends on your operating system and window manager. Judging from your
mail user agent, you appear to be using Windows. There, I would advise using
the window menu, which you can access either by pressing alt-space while the
Inkscape window is focused, or by right-clicking its taskbar button. There
you will have choices to minimize, move, close and maximize the window.
(These instructions are taken from my memory, I don't use Windows.)

Hope this helps.

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Am 2014-04-06 15:33, schrieb Jake Maier:
I don't really know either, but looking at some Inkscape SVGs I see that
it's possible to save the last window position in the sodipodi:namedview
element. Try the following:

- find a file called default.svg in your Inkscape installation directory
(apparently in share\templates on Windows, on Unix-like systems it's in
/usr/share/inkscape/templates). If you use a localized version, pick
default.LANGCODE.svg instead (e.g. default.de.svg)
- edit it using a text editor
- find the sodipodi:namedview element
- add attributes inkscape:window-height, inkscape:window-width,
inkscape:window-x and inkscape:window-y to it (or change them if they
are already there), with values that make the window fit on your screen
(for example: inkscape:window-height="600", etc)
- save the file

I have not tested this though, so it might not work at all.

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Thanks again Darkweasel for your suggestion. I guess I'm out of luck unless
anyone sees something wrong in the setup below.
This is how I changed the default.svg and I still have to top part of the
file off window
Jake

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
<svg
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
   xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
   width="744.09448819"
   height="1052.3622047">
  <defs />
  <sodipodi:namedview
     id="base"
     pagecolor="#ffffff"
     bordercolor="#666666"
     borderopacity="1.0"
     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
     inkscape:zoom="0.35"
     inkscape:cx="375"
     inkscape:cy="520"
     inkscape:window-height="600"
     inkscape:window-width="600"
     inkscape:window-x="50"
     inkscape:window-y="50"
     inkscape:document-units="px"
     inkscape:current-layer="layer1" />
  <metadata>
    <rdf:RDF>
      <cc:Work
         rdf:about="">
        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
        <dc:type
           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
      </cc:Work>
    </rdf:RDF>
  </metadata>
  <g inkscape:label="Layer 1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" id="layer1" />
</svg>

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From: darkweasel [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 10:33 AM
To: Inkscape User Community
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] window opens partly off screen

Am 2014-04-06 15:33, schrieb Jake Maier:
> So second try in the right thread I hope.
>
> Thank you Darkweasel,
> You are right, I'm using windows 7.
> I forgot about the alt space, and that works perfectly. I can move the
> file to the center of Windows, but even when I save the file. When I
> reopen the file, it will again be at the same place off windows. I can
> live with that but it would be nice if the window would open where it is
supposed to open.
> Do you have any other idea how to fix it?
> Thank you very much for your answer.
> Jake

I don't really know either, but looking at some Inkscape SVGs I see that
it's possible to save the last window position in the sodipodi:namedview
element. Try the following:

- find a file called default.svg in your Inkscape installation directory
(apparently in share\templates on Windows, on Unix-like systems it's in
/usr/share/inkscape/templates). If you use a localized version, pick
default.LANGCODE.svg instead (e.g. default.de.svg)
- edit it using a text editor
- find the sodipodi:namedview element
- add attributes inkscape:window-height, inkscape:window-width,
inkscape:window-x and inkscape:window-y to it (or change them if they are
already there), with values that make the window fit on your screen (for
example: inkscape:window-height="600", etc)
- save the file

I have not tested this though, so it might not work at all.

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Just to report back, I got Inkscape back into the window. I have 2 screens,
one landscape and one portrait. Inkscape started on the landscape window and
was partly off screen. I could drag one side of the Inkscape window onto the
portrait screen and there I could see the top part and therefore move it
around. So I got the menus back and went to preferences and there I could
select on the windows option "Don't save window geometry"
That did the trick.
Again thanks Darkweasel, it's good to know there are people who try to help.
Makes you feel not quite so alone with these problems
Jake

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From: darkweasel [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 10:33 AM
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Am 2014-04-06 15:33, schrieb Jake Maier:
> So second try in the right thread I hope.
>
> Thank you Darkweasel,
> You are right, I'm using windows 7.
> I forgot about the alt space, and that works perfectly. I can move the
> file to the center of Windows, but even when I save the file. When I
> reopen the file, it will again be at the same place off windows. I can
> live with that but it would be nice if the window would open where it is
supposed to open.
> Do you have any other idea how to fix it?
> Thank you very much for your answer.
> Jake

I don't really know either, but looking at some Inkscape SVGs I see that
it's possible to save the last window position in the sodipodi:namedview
element. Try the following:

- find a file called default.svg in your Inkscape installation directory
(apparently in share\templates on Windows, on Unix-like systems it's in
/usr/share/inkscape/templates). If you use a localized version, pick
default.LANGCODE.svg instead (e.g. default.de.svg)
- edit it using a text editor
- find the sodipodi:namedview element
- add attributes inkscape:window-height, inkscape:window-width,
inkscape:window-x and inkscape:window-y to it (or change them if they are
already there), with values that make the window fit on your screen (for
example: inkscape:window-height="600", etc)
- save the file

I have not tested this though, so it might not work at all.

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