92648 - bad initial placement for dialog boxes

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 50686

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Chad Austin]

The URL above is the MacOS HIG for initial window positions.  I couldn't find
anything for Windows (anybody know where it is?).

Our initial dialog behavior doesn't follow any guideline that I can see.  Most
modal (?) dialogs (if they don't have any persisted location) appear flush with
the upper-left corner of the parent window.  Example:  Tasks | Privacy and
Security | Cookie Manager | View Stored Cookies.  (This should be a modeless
dialog, but that's a different issue.)  The dialog box appears in the far
upper-left corner of the window.  According to the MacOS guidelines (and in line
with most Windows programs?), the dialog box should appear centered and slightly
raised within the parent window.

I'm not sure if persisting the location of modal dialog boxes is a good idea,
but you definitely don't want to save their position if the user never moves them.

Most of the dialog boxes within the prefs dialog are created flush with the
upper-left corner of the prefs dialog.

Comment 1

[Andy Edmonds]

Is bug 50686 a dup?

Comment 2

[Chad Austin]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 50686 ***