File Open Dialog Position

[Sean]

A minor UI problem - the File/Open Dialog position depends on the position of the Process Console window. This is an issue on a dual monitor system. If you move the Process Console to a secondary monitor, which is the most logical place to put it, then the File/Open Dialog also comes up on the second monitor. It would be better if it always opened on the primary monitor, or at least remembered where it was when it was closed the last time. As I said, a minor problem, but annoying when you have to keep mousing way over to another monitor to reach the dialog.

Mac OSX 10.7.2 PI 64 bit 1.07.04.0759

Thanks, Sean

[Juan Conejero]

Hi Sean. I see what you mean. I'll try to fix this problem in the next update to the PI Core application. Thanks for reporting.

[james7]

I've seen something similar. It appears that both the File > Open and File > Save As dialogs (and others?) follow the screen on which the last active window is displayed. Thus, if the Process Console is on your secondary display and is frontmost when you select the "Save As" menu item under the File menu the dialog appears on the secondary display even though your workspace is entirely within your main display bounds. Furthermore, if you have the Screen Transfer Function (process) open on the secondary display and it is the frontmost window the same happens (even when the Process Console is on the main display). However, this seems to happen for only the first activation of the File menu items after a window has been made frontmost on the secondary display. If you invoke the same File menu item a second time it stays on the main display (unless you've made the window that is on the secondary display active again between the two invocations of the dialog.

I'm running a fully updated version of Mac OS X 10.6.8 on a Mac Pro with 6GB DRAM. PixInsight Core 01.07.05.0779 Starbuck (x86_64)