Terminator screen default position

Question

I want to force Terminator to open at the top-left of my screen. When I saved the layout I had the window positioned correctly. However, whenever I open Terminator upon computer restart, the window is positioned near the top and about 1.5 inches from the left.

I've been messing around with the config file, but cannot figure out the 'position' paramters. For example, under [[[child0]]] :

position = 36:32

and under [[[child1]]] :

position = 834

Can anyone explain how to customize these parameters?

System info:

• Ubuntu 17.10, kernel 4.13.0-43
• screen dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels, or 508x286 mm
• Terminator v 1.91

terminator/config :

[global_config]
  always_split_with_profile = True
  suppress_multiple_term_dialog = True
  title_transmit_bg_color = "#8ae234"
[keybindings]
[layouts]
  [[default]]
    [[[child0]]]
      fullscreen = False
      last_active_term = a69b1a79-eb9d-4c15-ac27-0502efc4c4f7
      last_active_window = True
      maximised = False
      order = 0
      parent = ""
      position = 36:32
      size = 808, 1014
      title = bp@bpenner: ~
      type = Window
    [[[child1]]]
      order = 0
      parent = child0
      position = 834
      ratio = 0.826560951437
      type = VPaned
    [[[terminal2]]]
      order = 0
      parent = child1
      profile = BP
      type = Terminal
      uuid = a69b1a79-eb9d-4c15-ac27-0502efc4c4f7
    [[[terminal3]]]
      order = 1
      parent = child1
      profile = BP
      type = Terminal
      uuid = 454d7873-3e55-49a4-af8c-6456f99d5e1e
[plugins]
[profiles]
  [[default]]
    cursor_color = "#aaaaaa"

Answer 1

There are a couple of things to try.

The following worked for me:

1. Open Terminator, then adjust its window's size and position as desired.

2. In the Terminator window, in the command-line area, right-click then choose Preferences.

3. In the Layouts tab, expand the Type / Name list, select Terminal1, then click Save.

4. Exit the Preferences dialog, then close and re-open Terminator.

Another approach that one can use to configure the display properties of many applications is to add the --geometry= parameter to the application's command line.

1. In a shell command line, type man x to display the man page for the X window system.

2. Scroll down to GEOMETRY SPECIFICATIONS.