Hi, does anybody know, what makes the x/y coordinates of a window drift, when setting them by the wmctrl -e option? The offset differs for other Linux users. Instead of figuring out by trial and error what values are needed to correct the offset, it would be nice to calculate the needed values. Regards, Ralf [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ wmctrl -l -G | grep test 0x02800774 1 62 137 980 643 archlinux test ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ xdotool getwindowgeometry --shell $(xdotool getactivewindow) WINDOW=41944948 X=62 ^^ ^^ Y=137 ^^^ ^^^ WIDTH=980 HEIGHT=643 SCREEN=0 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ wmctrl -i -r 0x02800774 -e 0,62,137,500,500 ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ xdotool getwindowgeometry --shell $(xdotool getactivewindow) WINDOW=41944948 X=66 ^^ ^^ Y=187 ^^^ ^^^ WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=500 SCREEN=0 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ wmctrl -l -G | grep test 0x02800774 1 66 187 500 500 archlinux test ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ If I substract ... [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat ~/.rocketmouse/win75/config X_FIX=4 Y_FIX=50 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /usr/local/bin/win75 #!/bin/bash eval $(xdotool getwindowgeometry --shell $(xdotool getactivewindow)) X_FIX=$(grep X_FIX ~/.rocketmouse/win75/config | cut -d"=" -f2) Y_FIX=$(grep Y_FIX ~/.rocketmouse/win75/config | cut -d"=" -f2) ((XX=X-X_FIX)) ((YY=Y-Y_FIX)) WIDTH=$(calc "int($WIDTH*0.75)") case $1 in "") HEIGHT=$(calc "int($HEIGHT*0.75)");; esac echo "x:$X-$X_FIX=$XX/y:$Y-$Y_FIX=$YY" wmctrl -i -r $WINDOW -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz wmctrl -i -r $WINDOW -e "0,$XX,$YY,$WIDTH,$HEIGHT" eval $(xdotool getwindowgeometry --shell $(xdotool getactivewindow)) echo "x:$X-$X_FIX=$XX/y:$Y-$Y_FIX=$YY" exit ... it's fixed. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ win75 x:0-4=-4/y:80-50=30 x:0-4=-4/y:80-50=30 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ win75 - x:0-4=-4/y:80-50=30 x:0-4=-4/y:80-50=30 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ win75 x:223-4=219/y:128-50=78 x:223-4=219/y:128-50=78 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ win75 - x:223-4=219/y:128-50=78 x:223-4=219/y:128-50=78 -- https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2016-April/date.html