Serialize popup window size and location

[vincele]

I would like to tackle that subject:

- serialize popup window's size & location at game quit
- restore them at game start / load time

Where should I start ?

[Geoff the Medio]

Set up a bunch of options in the OptionsDB, in the source file where the relevant windows are created. When re-creating them at startup, select their positions by querying the OptionsDB. Also set up some signalling so that when the windows are moved (or perhaps when pinned?), their positions are written to the OptionsDB.

[Dilvish]

Serializing would fit as part of saving the info in the saved game file, so that individual games could have different persistent locations for those windows.

As Geoff just suggested, I think we'd be better off instead saving the info to the options file. That wouldn't mean that it would have to have a control widget in the options window, it's simply a place to store the info so that it is consistent across games. Perhaps take a look at the main window resolution handling (skipping the control widget).

[Geoff the Medio]

Also, for window positions, there needs to be some checks in place so windows don't get put off the screen where the user can't access them due to changes in main window size. At the least, a "reset to default window positions" button needs to be avaiable somewhere always-accessible.