Settings window position and size is always reset when opening it
Can you please make the settings window remember its size and position?
Manually position and resize it every single time I use it.
This one: Resizable settings window - #3 by TheBestPessimist
Just another workaround:
Leave the settings window open.
That is, let it fall to the background of other windows, or minimize it. When you open settings again (same way as usual: shortcut, command, or icon click), its position is preserved.
Yes, please bring this feature back as soon as possible.
After upgrading to v1.13.7, the first thing I tried was whether Obsidian could finally remember the Settings window size after closing and reopening the app.
Unfortunately, it still doesn’t.
It wasn’t until I checked the forum that I realized this was actually intentional.
I have to say, I really don’t understand why the team would make this choice. Maybe most of the developers use Macs rather than Windows?
Even on a 4K display, the default Settings window is ridiculously small. Every time I open it, I have to manually resize it before I can comfortably use it. That feels completely at odds with Obsidian’s usual focus on speed and convenience, and it’s honestly pretty frustrating.
The same goes for the last two versions hiding the third-party plugin settings behind an extra click. Now you have to click once more just to access a plugin’s settings.
I also find that decision hard to understand. Changes that add extra steps and make the UX worse are pretty rare in Obsidian, which is exactly why these changes stand out so much.
I use a Mac and I find the behavior of not resizing the settings window very unpleasant. As a temporary workaround, I have created a Raycast window management command that I can use to resize the settings window every time I open it, but it’s still an extra step.
This problem could also be helped by setting a more sensible size for the window by default. At present its horizontal size doesn’t even match the max width of the right-side frame (with font and zoom at default).
Most people have large screens and the initial size makes no sense at all.
I also use a larger font size (20 px) and a zoom factor (131%). In this context the size of the Settings window is ridiculous.
There are a lot of system settings panels on Linux that are similarly poorly thought-out, so my workaround is to use devilspie2 to resize the window when it appears, but that’s messy and not straightforward.
A sane size for Settings would make Obsidian look much more professional.