GuiView.C: recover from silly window positions

[lyx.git] / src / frontends / qt4 / GuiView.C

diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C
index f1611262deef44042de4e246d3e16c7a0e9171ae..263f41c62a8f5f9556ee5580a88422f82f3c9ce6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C
@@ -154,6 +154,15 @@ void GuiView::setGeometry(unsigned int width,
        // only true when the -geometry option was NOT used
        if (width != 0 && height != 0) {
                if (posx != -1 && posy != -1) {
+                       // if there are ever startup positioning problems 
+                       // on a virtual desktop then check the 6 lines below
+                       // http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/qdesktopwidget.html 
+                       QDesktopWidget& dw = *qApp->desktop();
+                       QRect desk = dw.availableGeometry(dw.primaryScreen());
+                       if (posx >= desk.width())
+                                  posx = 0.1 * desk.width();
+                       if (posy >= desk.height())
+                                  posy = 0.1 * desk.height();
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
                        // FIXME: use only setGeoemtry when Trolltech has
                        // fixed the qt4/X11 bug