general script behaviour problem

Konstantin · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2016 **Posts:** 293

I may be wrong, but i believe this wasnt the case with past Gimp versions:
whenever i call up a script, it appears minimized, instead of popping, right and ready for Action, in front of my canvas as a normal filter does.

Is this something that i can change ? Maybe by adding or subtracting a piece of code from the script ?

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Konstantin wrote:

I may be wrong, but i believe this wasnt the case with past Gimp versions:
whenever i call up a script, it appears minimized, instead of popping, right and ready for Action, in front of my canvas as a normal filter does.

Is this something that i can change ? Maybe by adding or subtracting a piece of code from the script ?

There is nothing in the script code that influence the dialog that takes parameters (in fact the dialog is created by Gimp, which reads a description of the needed parameters in the script code). What says Edit>Preferences>Window management>Window manager hints ?

paynekj · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2016 4:21 pm **(#3)**

Usual questions to start:

What version of GIMP? on what operating system?

And do you really mean"minimised"? or is the dialog hidden behind the main window?

Kevin

Konstantin · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2016 **Posts:** 293

Im on Win7, Gimp 2.8.16

When i say minimized, i mean it appears in the taskbar instead of popping up in front of me.

The Preferences>Window management>Window manager hints says:
'Utility Window', but it doesnt seem to affect the script behaviour, whatever i set that dropdown menu to.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2016 4:55 pm **(#5)**

Have you tried Reset preferences?
Is this Single-Window mode?

Konstantin · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2016 **Posts:** 293

Not single mode. The usual three windows style.
Tried resetting, didnt change script behaviour and also scrambled my workspace up (lost some of the riders, like channels and fonts).

Graechan · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:02 pm **(#7)**

Konstantin which script are you having trouble with

Konstantin · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2016 **Posts:** 293

Graechan wrote:

Konstantin which script are you having trouble with

Graechan, i just realized, ist actually just one, that does what i described.
All the others (and some of them were written by you), pop up as it should be.

Im attaching the one thats misbehaving.

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Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:59 pm **(#9)**

paynekj wrote:

Usual questions to start:

What version of GIMP? on what operating system?

And do you really mean"minimised"? or is the dialog hidden behind the main window?

Kevin

As Kevin has described.
This seems to be the behavior I've experienced.

Script may appear to be minimized...

However,
if I move the main window.
The script is sitting there behind it.

Konstantin · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2016 **Posts:** 293

Wallace, you are right.
The script window appears to be minized, but is actually behind the canvas....

But why does only this script behave like it and not the others ?
How can i change this behaviour, its quite tedious ?

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:42 pm **(#11)**

Konstantin wrote:

Wallace, you are right.
The script window appears to be minized, but is actually behind the canvas....

But why does only this script behave like it and not the others ?
How can i change this behaviour, its quite tedious ?

I don't know why Gimp dose this,
but If you right-click on what appears to be the minimized script dialog and select Close Window.

Every other called for script should appear in front of the main window,
during that session.
This isn't to say that this will corrected this behavior,
subsequently each time Gimp is launched.

paynekj · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:42 pm **(#12)**

In my experience, GIMP has always done this for the first script you run in a session and there's nothing you can do about it.

Kevin

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16164

Is your image window maximized?

Konstantin · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2016 **Posts:** 293

paynekj wrote:

In my experience, GIMP has always done this for the first script you run in a session and there's nothing you can do about it.

Not my experinece. Its only this script that behaves that way. All the other scripts pop-up right in front of my canvas on the first try and after that.
There must be something in the coding of this particular script that makes it behave like so.

Rod wrote:

Is your image window maximized?

No it isnt.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16164

Try maxing the window then open the script.

Konstantin · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2016 **Posts:** 293

Rod wrote:

Try maxing the window then open the script.

That in fact does the trick, but its not really an option as it interferes with my workspace.
(docks cover the menu partially)

paynekj · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2016 9:25 am **(#17)**

Upgrade to 2.8.18.

It's a very long term bug that looks like it's been fixed now.

Kevin

Konstantin · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2016 **Posts:** 293

paynekj wrote:

Upgrade to 2.8.18.

It's a very long term bug that looks like it's been fixed now.

That did the trick ! :clap

I still think its odd only this particular script does this, and not the others.