Dialog box placement

[Jim_Phillips]

Hello all, is there a macro language command to change the location of a dialog box à la the setLocation function for image windows?  If not, is there another straightforward way of changing the default location?  A macro we've developed requires a dialog box for user input, which, in a two monitor setup, always appears between the two screens which is rather irritating.

[Michael Schmid]

Hi Jim,

which operating system and Java version are you using?
Centering the dialogs depends on IJ.getScreenSize(), which should give the size of the primary screen.

Plugins>Utilities>ImageJ Properties should tell you the result of IJ.getScreenSize (near the bottom of the list).  Does it report the combined size of both screens? (it should not).

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As far as I can say, currently there is no way to change the default position of the dialogs, without modifying the plugin that shows the dialog.
There are very few exceptions: The 'WaitForUser' dialog should remember its position, until ImageJ is restarted.

Michael
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On Aug 21, 2012, at 15:29, Jim_Phillips wrote:

> Hello all, is there a macro language command to change the location of a
> dialog box /à la/ the setLocation function for image windows?  If not, is
> there another straightforward way of changing the default location?  A macro
> we've developed requires a dialog box for user input, which, in a two
> monitor setup, always appears between the two screens which is rather
> irritating.

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[Jim_Phillips]

Thanks for the reply Michael.  I've just upgraded from 1.45s t 1.47b and I'm still having the same problem.  Only the size of the primary screen is reported in ImageJ properties, but dialog boxes still appear between the two.