"Show on [space]" setting doesn't persist across restarts

Question

"Show on [space]" setting doesn't persist across restarts

jonahclarsen opened this issue 8 months ago · comments

Describe the bug

I always have two spaces (right one for music). I have my Plash desktop only showing on my right one. When I restart my PC and Plash starts, it always defaults to the leftmost space, and I have to manually change it back to the right space. I have Plash auto-start on login.

I know I can set it to show on all spaces, but I don't want it on my leftmost space.

To reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Ensure Plash is set to start on login.
Set your desktop to any space other than the leftmost one.
Restart your PC.
Notice that when Plash starts, it shows on the leftmost space rather than the one you left it on.

Info

macOS version: 14.0 (happened on 13.x too)
Plash version: 2.13.3

Sindre Sorhus · Answer 1 · Wed Nov 01 2023 22:20:37 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

macOS does not let apps specify which space to open an app in, so this is unfortunately not possible.

Jonah · Answer 2 · Wed Nov 01 2023 23:23:30 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

This is unfortunate!

I may be a bit confused here though - why does it matter what space it opens into? Can't you store the last chose "Show in [space]" setting as a preference and reload that when the app starts?

Sindre Sorhus · Answer 3 · Thu Nov 02 2023 04:01:07 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Are you talking about displays? There is no "Show in [space]" setting.

Jonah · Answer 4 · Thu Nov 02 2023 04:02:46 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Oh yeah sorry, I was confused. I am talking about spaces, not displays. I guess I was thinking you could have a hidden "show on space" pref that persists across restarts to fix this issue.