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Positionning Xfce terminal on desktop

By Sarah Rodriguez

At lauching Xfce terminal with Ubuntu Studio, it usually pops up in the middle of the screen but I want it to locate to the lowerleft corner.

1) Using the "Scrolling terminal" tab in xfce4-settings-manager, I set up these position parameters : leftmost and downmost on the linear scales. As a result, when I launched a terminal it still poped up right in the middle of the screen.

2) In the .config/xfce4/terminal/terminalarc file, I replaced DropdownPositionVertical=100 with =20 but it didn't make it.

I searched thru many more webpages but it didn't help.

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It's not so difficult to find an answer to your question, I found it on the internet and used it for years now:

#width x height + offset from left side desktop window + offset from top desktop window (taking into account panels and menu bars)

#next setting says: open a terminal which is 200 characters wide and 62 characters high (current font settings in terminal), upper left corner is at 260 pixels from left side desktop and 0 pixels from the top of my desktop (e.g. right under the taskbar which is at the top of my screen).

#You may have to experiment with the settings before it is to your likings.

MiscDefaultGeometry=200x62+260+0

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