Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

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KaTTdaddY
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Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by KaTTdaddY » Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:38 pm

I'd like to request a feature added to consistently pop-up windows in the center of the screen OR in the (exact) last position it was closed from.

I don't know how this hasn't come up before, I've been using Vault for some 5yrs+ now thinking surely this will be in a bugfix/new release but it just hasn't ever come around. It seems that nearly all dialog boxes to check in/out files creep down the screen each and every time they're displayed. Don't believe me? Try this, go into your project, don't have *anything* checked out, right click a file/project/solution and choose Check-In. The dialog will pop telling you "hey idiot, you don't have anything checked out!" but the more you do it, you'll see the dialog inch its way down the screen.

Before you fire up the flame thrower, No, this is not normal practice, this is just a good quick way to prove my point.

Now check a file out, go to check it in, viola! Notice how the Check In dialog is now just a little lower than it was last time? I've had times where it's almost completely off the bottom of the screen. Seriously, can't we just have this fixed and make it always popup in the same friggen place instead of letting "Windows handle position"?

whew, I think I actually feel somewhat better now that I've gotten that off my chest :)
~KaTTdaddY

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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by lbauer » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:29 am

We'll try to reproduce this. What version of Vault and Visual Studio are you using?
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KaTTdaddY
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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by KaTTdaddY » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:23 am

This has been the same since Vault 3.x with VS2003, was the same during my usage with vs2005 and Vault 4.0
Currently running 4.1.3.18336 using VS2008.

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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by GregM » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:31 am


KaTTdaddY
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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by KaTTdaddY » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:55 pm

Interesting, this is indeed correct, my taskbar is docked at the top - but I'm only using a single monitor.
So this was going to be fixed in 4.0, any chance this can be revived?

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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by lbauer » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:43 pm

This is a known issue and is logged as bug 9861 in our bug tracking system. It was originally scheduled to be fixed in Vault 4.0, but was moved to a later release. I've added your comments and bumped it up in priority, though I don't know when it might be fixed.

The only workaround is to move the taskbar to the bottom of the screen.
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KaTTdaddY
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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by KaTTdaddY » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:23 pm

Thanks but I'm not really interested in a "work around" especially one as absurd as "oh, you have a problem with our application when you do that? well, don't do that anymore".

Still, good product, just don't care for the "known" bug.
~KaTTdaddY

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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by lbauer » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:59 pm

Understood.
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rickdailey
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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by rickdailey » Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:56 pm

It's been over three years since the topic cited above, and this still isn't fixed.

I understand triage, but this sort of bug is the sort that should embarrass you into getting it fixed. I'll give you a hint: it even records the (bad) info here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SourceGear\Vault\Client\Settings
VsipCommitDialog

Maybe a find for that key name will help you find the code to fix?

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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by lbauer » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:26 am

I've added your comments to bug 9861 and bumped it up in priority. We will consider this as we plan our next release.
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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by rickdailey » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:30 pm

I see that this is addressed in the new build "Fixed problem where Vault dialogs would move down or across a display when the Windows Taskbar was positioned at the top or left of the display.". I will let you know how it works for me after we upgrade here. Thank you very much for looking into this.

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Re: Feature Request: Consistent Dialog Placement

Post by lbauer » Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:02 pm

Thanks. We do try to listen to our users. :-)

Let us know if you experience further problems with this.
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