#1617 TaskCoach window slowly going under...

[Sjef]

TaskCoach is set to start when Windows starts, and it starts in its own window, i.e. not maximized. Upon every restart of my system, the TaskCoach window position is somewhat lower than last time, so within a few days the TC window will go under the horizon of the Windows task bar. Right now it is at about 780px from the top of my screen. Restarting manually doesn't alter the position, though.

[Jérome Laheurte]

We had a similar bug on OSX at some time. What version of Windows is that ?

[Sjef]

WINDOWS10, Pro, all updates. It's only a few pixels a day, 10 or so.
Merci !

[Sjef]

Changes in ini file after some days:

Older:
[window]
hidewheniconized = False
starticonized = Never
iconized = False
size = (1529, 891)
tipsindex = 1
blinktaskbariconwhentrackingeffort = True
splash = False
hidewhenclosed = False
maximized = False
position = (494, 776)
tips = False

Newer:
[window]
hidewheniconized = False
starticonized = Never
iconized = True
size = (1529, 891)
tipsindex = 1
blinktaskbariconwhentrackingeffort = True
splash = False
hidewhenclosed = False
maximized = False
position = (502, 827)
tips = False

There are days that I don't use TC. I minimize the window first thing when Windows starts, and I never touch it during the day. When I shut Windows down, I always quit TC manually (right-click in the task bar, Close Window.

There's one more line different, in the [view] section (again, old - new):

perspective = layout2|name=taskviewer;caption=Tasks;state=201594876;dir=5;layer=0;row=0;pos=0;prop=100000;bestw=200;besth=200;minw=-1;minh=-1;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=358;floaty=194;floatw=300;floath=200;notebookid=-1;transparent=255|name=effortviewer;caption=Effort;state=201594876;dir=2;layer=0;row=0;pos=0;prop=100000;bestw=200;besth=200;minw=-1;minh=-1;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=358;floaty=194;floatw=300;floath=200;notebookid=-1;transparent=255|name=categoryviewer;caption=Categories;state=201611260;dir=2;layer=0;row=0;pos=1;prop=100000;bestw=200;besth=200;minw=-1;minh=-1;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=358;floaty=194;floatw=300;floath=200;notebookid=-1;transparent=255|name=toolbar;caption=Toolbar;state=67384048;dir=1;layer=10;row=0;pos=0;prop=100000;bestw=243;besth=32;minw=-1;minh=-1;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=-1;floaty=-1;floatw=-1;floath=-1;notebookid=-1;transparent=255|dock_size(1,10,0)=34|dock_size(5,0,0)=202|dock_size(2,0,0)=527|

perspective = layout2|name=taskviewer;caption=Tasks;state=201611260;dir=5;layer=0;row=0;pos=0;prop=100000;bestw=200;besth=200;minw=-1;minh=-1;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=358;floaty=194;floatw=300;floath=200;notebookid=-1;transparent=255|name=effortviewer;caption=Effort;state=201594876;dir=2;layer=0;row=0;pos=0;prop=100000;bestw=200;besth=200;minw=-1;minh=-1;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=358;floaty=194;floatw=300;floath=200;notebookid=-1;transparent=255|name=categoryviewer;caption=Categories;state=201594876;dir=2;layer=0;row=0;pos=1;prop=100000;bestw=200;besth=200;minw=-1;minh=-1;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=358;floaty=194;floatw=300;floath=200;notebookid=-1;transparent=255|name=toolbar;caption=Toolbar;state=67384048;dir=1;layer=10;row=0;pos=0;prop=100000;bestw=243;besth=32;minw=-1;minh=-1;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=-1;floaty=-1;floatw=-1;floath=-1;notebookid=-1;transparent=255|dock_size(1,10,0)=34|dock_size(5,0,0)=202|dock_size(2,0,0)=527|

[Sjef]

Today:
[window]
hidewheniconized = False
starticonized = Never
iconized = True
size = (1529, 891)
tipsindex = 1
blinktaskbariconwhentrackingeffort = True
splash = False
hidewhenclosed = False
maximized = False
position = (510, 878)
tips = False

[Sjef]

Today:
[window]
hidewheniconized = False
starticonized = Never
iconized = True
size = (1529, 891)
tipsindex = 1
blinktaskbariconwhentrackingeffort = True
splash = False
hidewhenclosed = False
maximized = False
position = (518, 929)
tips = False

[Aaron Wolf]

Hi! Happy to be announcing, all these years later, that Task Coach is now updated to Python3 and development is finally active again, thanks to new volunteers. The project has now moved to https://github.com/taskcoach/taskcoach

I'm using it myself, and things are working better than ever. Packages are available for some common Linux systems and for Windows (note that it isn't recognized by Windows Smartscreen but can be installed by accepting the warning anyway)

We'd love to have you test the updated program, and post any issues that arise there at GitHub

We won't be continuing with SourceForge, just clearing out old issues and letting people know about the move

Cheers