How to position window in top left corner of screen? about stw HOT 6 CLOSED

stw -x0 -y0 pstree -U

The description is really misleading.

-x and -y params position one of the window corners determined by signs in values. Positive sign (or a plain 0) stands for top and left sides, negative for bottom and right. For example -x -0 -y -0 will position bottom right window corner in the bottom right screen corner, -x 0 -y -0 will do the same for bottom left.

Percentage values in -x and -y params refer to screen width and height. For example -x 50% -y 50% will position top left window corner in center of the screen.

-X and -Y (capitals) is a second pair of params to position window. Values from this params are added directly to values in -x and -y. Also percentage values refer the window size itself.

So, to sum up, if we want a centered stw window will go with:

• -x 50% -y 50% to move the top left corner in the center of the screen
• and -X -50% -Y -50% to move the window up and to the left by height * 50% and width * 50% units

stw -x 50% -y 50% -X -50% -Y -50% /bin/echo "I am centered"

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Also note, with stw -x 0 -y 0 the window will be literally in the top left corner of the screen, probably behind a bar if you have some. Adjust the values in -y, for example -x 0 -y 32.

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I got the desired result by changing config.h

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Oh, I got it. I've added bad default values to config.h. Will revert tx, ty variables back to {0}.

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It works now.
Thanks.

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