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0012781ScribusCanvaspublic2015-10-03 20:18
Reporterkatdeas Assigned Tocbradney  
PriorityurgentSeveritymajorReproducibilityN/A
Status closedResolutionfixed 
PlatformMacOSOSXOS Version10.9.5
Product Version1.4.4 
Summary0012781: Off-screen canvas can't be recuperated
DescriptionAt home I work with two screens - especially using Scribus. Now, travelling, I find myself opening Scribus to work on a new document, and the new document opens as if I was still connected to my other monitor, without appearing on my MacBook screen. I know it is there as, via App Exposé, I have the possibility of viewing the windows that have been opened in Scribus.
All Mac tools (Preference > Displays > alt key > Detect Displays as well as alt+screen brightness) do not seem to help. No other Programme seems to give me this problem.
Steps To ReproduceNone, as it's opening a new or existing document the normal way. They simply do not appear on the screen. I can close them using my key shortcuts, but I miss a shortcut which would let me move the workspaces back on to my primary screen.
Additional InformationI updated Scribus from 1.4.3 to 1.4.4 in the hope that the problem would not persist, but it does.
I set the preference settings to Default, the problem persists.
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Kunda

2014-10-21 21:51

updater   ~0034107

Ugly hack for now:

In the command line type:
vim ~/Library/Preferences/Scribus/scribus140.rc
edit the WIDTH tag to something like 800 in:
<MAINWINDOW WIDTH="1078" MAXIMIZED="0" HEIGHT="717" YPOS="92" XPOS="254"/>

katdeas

2014-10-23 08:00

reporter   ~0034124

It didn't work, unfortunately. I edited the line you proposed, but the canvas is still off-screen in spite of even re-launching the application having changed the coding. Thank you for your suggestion.

cbradney

2014-10-23 19:49

administrator   ~0034127

Worst case, just remove that file or rename it, as well as prefs140.xml. You'll only lose your preferences and history info.. That will remove anything Scribus does to store locations and Scribus will be back to where you started before first use.

Kunda

2014-10-23 23:47

updater   ~0034129

cbradney's suggestion is worst case scenario answer which will most likely solve this issue. Closing issue for now.

cbradney

2015-09-02 07:25

administrator   ~0036133

Adrian adds: My solution was to edit the line in the file suggested but to change XPOS to a value of “0” (zero). This brought the window back into view. It is important to shut down Scribus before attempting to edit the .rc file otherwise it just overwrites the new value with the old.

Kunda

2015-09-26 16:46

updater   ~0036389

Maybe we can make some sort of bash/python script to automate this process

Kunda

2015-09-26 19:50

updater   ~0036390

jluc, maybe this could be part of the Scribus Admin toolbox ?

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-10-21 08:41 katdeas New Issue
2014-10-21 21:51 Kunda Note Added: 0034107
2014-10-23 08:00 katdeas Note Added: 0034124
2014-10-23 19:49 cbradney Note Added: 0034127
2014-10-23 23:47 Kunda Note Added: 0034129
2014-10-23 23:47 Kunda Status new => closed
2014-10-23 23:47 Kunda Assigned To => cbradney
2014-10-23 23:47 Kunda Resolution open => fixed
2015-09-02 07:19 cbradney Status closed => feedback
2015-09-02 07:19 cbradney Resolution fixed => reopened
2015-09-02 07:25 cbradney Note Added: 0036133
2015-09-02 07:25 cbradney Status feedback => resolved
2015-09-02 07:25 cbradney Resolution reopened => fixed
2015-09-26 16:46 Kunda Note Added: 0036389
2015-09-26 19:50 Kunda Note Added: 0036390
2015-10-03 20:18 cbradney Status resolved => closed