IDLE opens partially hidden

[aivarannamaa]

BPO	13262
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @serwy, @aivarannamaa

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GitHub fields:

assignee = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2011-10-25.10:22:13.810>
labels = ['expert-IDLE', 'type-bug', '3.7']
title = 'IDLE opens partially hidden'
updated_at = <Date 2017-06-30.01:24:15.436>
user = 'https://github.com/aivarannamaa'

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closed_date = None
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components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2011-10-25.10:22:13.810>
creator = 'Aivar.Annamaa'
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issue_num = 13262
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue13262'
versions = ['Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7']

[aivarannamaa]

When IDLE opens in Windows 7, its bottom edge will be hidden behind taskbar. It should position itself so that it's fully visible.

[terryjreedy]

I agree and commented about this on some previous issue (which I cannot find now). I actually would like it to save the window position and size.

[terryjreedy]

For me, this is currently about the most annoying behavior of IDLE.

[serwy]

Why not change the initial window size from 80x40 to 80x38?

[terryjreedy]

That does not work because Idle just moves the window down to compensate. (It seems to take two openings to have that happen.)

Even if that worked, I would still ask why I should have to make the window smaller, when I want it larger (44 lines), located where I want it (all visible). Why can't Idle act like a well-behaved Window app? Saving the last Window position and size is fairly common. In any case, Edit windows are opened near the top of the screen, as they ought to be, instead of almost touching the bottom.