remember window position (#2808)

ui/desktop/package-lock.json

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
         "electron-log": "^5.2.2",
         "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.1",
+        "electron-window-state": "^5.0.3",
         "express": "^4.21.1",
         "framer-motion": "^11.11.11",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
@@ -7812,6 +7813,40 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC"
     },
+    "node_modules/electron-window-state": {
+      "version": "5.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-window-state/-/electron-window-state-5.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1mNTwCfkolXl3kMf50yW3vE2lZj0y92P/HYWFBrb+v2S/pCka5mdwN3cagKm458A7NjndSwijynXgcLWRodsVg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "jsonfile": "^4.0.0",
+        "mkdirp": "^0.5.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/electron-window-state/node_modules/jsonfile": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-m6F1R3z8jjlf2imQHS2Qez5sjKWQzbuuhuJ/FKYFRZvPE3PuHcSMVZzfsLhGVOkfd20obL5SWEBew5ShlquNxg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/electron-window-state/node_modules/mkdirp": {
+      "version": "0.5.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FP+p8RB8OWpF3YZBCrP5gtADmtXApB5AMLn+vdyA+PyxCjrCs00mjyUozssO33cwDeT3wNGdLxJ5M//YqtHAJw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "minimist": "^1.2.6"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "mkdirp": "bin/cmd.js"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/electron-winstaller": {
       "version": "5.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-winstaller/-/electron-winstaller-5.4.0.tgz",
@@ -9605,7 +9640,7 @@
       "version": "4.2.11",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.2.11.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-RbJ5/jmFcNNCcDV5o9eTnBLJ/HszWV0P73bc+Ff4nS/rJj+YaS6IGyiOL0VoBYX+l1Wrl3k63h/KrH+nhJ0XvQ==",
-      "dev": true,
+      "devOptional": true,
       "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/graphemer": {
@@ -12607,7 +12642,6 @@
       "version": "1.2.8",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.8.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-2yyAR8qBkN3YuheJanUpWC5U3bb5osDywNB8RzDVlDwDHbocAJveqqj1u8+SVD7jkWT4yvsHCpWqqWqAxb0zCA==",
-      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"

ui/desktop/package.json

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
     "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "electron-log": "^5.2.2",
     "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.1",
+    "electron-window-state": "^5.0.3",
     "express": "^4.21.1",
     "framer-motion": "^11.11.11",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",

ui/desktop/src/main.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
 import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import * as electron from 'electron';
 import * as yaml from 'yaml';
+import windowStateKeeper from 'electron-window-state';
 
 // Define temp directory for pasted images
 const gooseTempDir = path.join(app.getPath('temp'), 'goose-pasted-images');
@@ -414,13 +415,21 @@ const createChat = async (
     goosedProcess = newGoosedProcess;
   }
 
+  // Load and manage window state
+  const mainWindowState = windowStateKeeper({
+    defaultWidth: 750,
+    defaultHeight: 800,
+  });
+
   const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
     titleBarStyle: process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'hidden' : 'default',
     trafficLightPosition: process.platform === 'darwin' ? { x: 16, y: 20 } : undefined,
     vibrancy: process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'window' : undefined,
     frame: process.platform === 'darwin' ? false : true,
-    width: 750,
-    height: 800,
+    x: mainWindowState.x,
+    y: mainWindowState.y,
+    width: mainWindowState.width,
+    height: mainWindowState.height,
     minWidth: 650,
     resizable: true,
     transparent: false,
@@ -444,6 +453,9 @@ const createChat = async (
     },
   });
 
+  // Let windowStateKeeper manage the window
+  mainWindowState.manage(mainWindow);
+
   // Enable spellcheck / right and ctrl + click on mispelled word
   //
   // NOTE: We could use webContents.session.availableSpellCheckerLanguages to include
@@ -531,18 +543,8 @@ const createChat = async (
       : `?view=${encodeURIComponent(viewType)}`;
   }
 
-  const primaryDisplay = electron.screen.getPrimaryDisplay();
-  const { width } = primaryDisplay.workAreaSize;
-
   // Increment window counter to track number of windows
   const windowId = ++windowCounter;
-  const direction = windowId % 2 === 0 ? 1 : -1; // Alternate direction
-  const initialOffset = 50;
-
-  // Set window position with alternating offset strategy
-  const baseXPosition = Math.round(width / 2 - mainWindow.getSize()[0] / 2);
-  const xOffset = direction * initialOffset * Math.floor(windowId / 2);
-  mainWindow.setPosition(baseXPosition + xOffset, 100);
 
   if (MAIN_WINDOW_VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL) {
     mainWindow.loadURL(`${MAIN_WINDOW_VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL}${queryParams}`);