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Subject: Re: [Dialog] Is there a way to auto position & size the composition
 window by default?
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 06:27:33 -0000 (UTC), Randy Jones <randolphJones@randyjones.com> wrote:
>I haven't messed with the Dialog setup in years.
> Dialog: Settings > Layout
>
>But every time I hit "f" to followup to an article, the composition window
>that pops up takes up the entire monitor width and height.
>Of course I can manually re-size & re-position the followup popup window to
>be only the left half of the monitor screen width (and full height), but
>then the next time I hit "f" to reply to an article, the composition window
>that pops up above the Dialog GUI still takes up the full monitor again.
>There must be a way to set the composition window size & location, isn't
>there? I just want the composition window to take up the left half of the
>monitor width at the full monitor height.
>How do I automatically position the composition window to half the monitor?

in post [p] or followup [f] window, resize and position composition window,
then under the options menu, "save current window size and pos. as default"