We finally learned to center a div, then browsers added sidebars

Re:We finally learned to center a div, then browsers added s... by tredre3 on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @03:27PM (#49187721)

GNOME Files (nautilus) made the file property dialog a modal because they really want it to be centered relative to the file browser window and wayland didn't let them position or obtain coordinates.

The result is that you can't open open two file property dialogs at once (to compare sizes or dates or any other meta data, it's a common thing one might want to do).

Hopefully you'd agree that Wayland should allow apps to position windows relative to their own windows, at the very least.

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Re:We finally learned to center a div, then browsers added s... by kyusan0 on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @05:31PM (#49189315)

With Dolphin file manager on Wayland this works for me as expected, a new window opens in the centre of the file browser window, no matter the size or position of the window. I didn't do any actual testing but I wonder what the difference is.

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Re:We finally learned to center a div, then browsers added s... by happymellon on Thursday August 06, 2026 @02:28AM (#49193210)

Making the pop-ups model has nothing to do with windows not knowing their position on screen.

It's a design choice.

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