#857402 nemo: new windows open full width of screen

Package:
nemo
Source:
nemo
Description:
File manager and graphical shell for Cinnamon
Submitter:
avery
Date:
2026-09-30 16:09:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#857402#5
Date:
2017-03-10 20:01:48 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,
New instances of Nemo are opening the full width in the middle of the screen,
rather than in the same place and size they were previously sized and moved to.
On Debian Stretch RC2/Cinnamon 3.2.7

#857402#10
Date:
2021-01-24 15:38:46 UTC
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To:
Il 10/03/2017 21:01, avery ha scritto:
Trying on latest versions openi new windows on fullscreen or not based
on previous latest nemo window, it maintain size but not maintain
position (if not fullscreen, it always does it centered).

About new windows centered after fast search is the setting in cinnamon
control center  "Windows > Behavior tab > change the setting on Location
of newly opened windows" (they may not be the exact words, I have the
Italian translation)

About size is solved in latest nemo version and/or is not nemo issue but
related to the window manager used and its settings.

#857402#15
Date:
2026-09-30 16:08:05 UTC
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To:
Hi,

nemo saves the window size when a window is closed and uses it for new
windows. Old versions also saved it when the closed window was tiled, so
after closing a window tiled to the top or bottom edge the new ones
opened at the full width of the screen. Since nemo 6.0.0 the saved size
is no longer updated when the window is tiled, so I'm closing this bug
with the first Debian version that has that change.

The position is not restored by design: nemo leaves it to the window
manager, and in Cinnamon it follows the "Location of newly opened
windows" setting (System Settings, Windows, Behavior).

Thanks,
Fabio