Open KeePass2 in full window

[Charlie]

How do I change KeePass2 running in Linux Mint to default to open in maximum window?

[Paul]

Have you tried setting it to maximum, then closing KeePass?

cheers, Paul

[Charlie]

Yes, but when I open it opens in a small window.

[Paul]

Check the settings in the KeePass config file.
Under <MainWindow> you should see <maximized>true</maximized>.

cheers, Paul

[Charlie]

I don't know how to do that in Linux Mint.

[Paul]

You can use Xed (built-in) to view the file.

cheers, Paul

[Charlie]

<configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<meta>
<preferuserconfiguration>true</preferuserconfiguration>

</configuration>
Thats it for KeePass.config.xml

[Paul]

There are two config files and the one you want will have a lot more info.
Look in '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/KeePass' (which often is '~/.config/KeePass', where '~' is the user's home directory).

cheers, Paul

[Charlie]

Finally found it! Looks like it should open maximized to me.

<mainwindow>
<x>243</x>
<y>71</y>
<width>880</width>
<height>625</height>
<maximized>true</maximized>
<splitterhorizontalfrac>0.8333</splitterhorizontalfrac>
<splitterverticalfrac>0.25</splitterverticalfrac>
<toolbar>
<entryview>
<tanview>
<entrylistcolumncollection>
<column>
<type>Title</type>
<width>256</width>
</column>
<column>
<type>UserName</type>
<width>122</width>
</column>
<column>
<type>Password</type>
<width>122</width>
<hidewithasterisks>true</hidewithasterisks>
</column>
<column>
<type>Url</type>
<width>122</width>
</column>
<column>
<type>Notes</type>
<width>293</width>
</column>
</entrylistcolumncollection>
<entrylistcolumndisplayorder>0 1 2 3 4</entrylistcolumndisplayorder>
<listsorting>
<column>0</column>
<order>Ascending</order>
</listsorting></tanview></entryview></toolbar></mainwindow>

[Paul]

May be some mono weirdness - there is plenty of that.

cheers, Paul

[Dominik Reichl]

This issue has been fixed in KeePass 2.51. The package manager of Linux Mint installs the old version 2.47.

You could download the latest portable ZIP package of KeePass (currently KeePass-2.60.zip), unpack it and run mono KeePass.exe.

Best regards,
Dominik

[Charlie]

Someone on the Linux Forum told me a fix that worked.

[Paul]

Can you share it here?

cheers, Paul

[Charlie]

Are you on the Linux Mint Forum?

[Paul]

No. Can you post a link?

cheers, Paul

[Charlie]

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=458913
You may be able to read without making an account.

[Paul]

Which post is the solution?
If it's the one that tells you to edit config.xml, you said above that it doesn't fix the problem.

cheers, Paul

[Charlie]

The first time I edited the x,y value and that did not work. I then edited the width and height and that worked. But the owner of KeePass says the newer version took care of that. It was only on Linux that I had the problem.

[Dominik Reichl]

Using KeePass 2.60 is sufficient. You don't need to edit any configuration file.

Best regards,
Dominik