Chrome won't remember window positions on launch in KDE
The application is supposed to do this by selecting its own "Continue where you left off" setting.
Configuring the window manager rules to Position: Remember only appears to work for the last active chrome window, and will result in all subsequent ones be overlaid on top of it on restore.
As i'm very reliant on visual-spatial memory for my workflow, needing to rearrange my sessions every time (typically about a dozen windows with multiple tabs each) is both a productivity sink and extremely obnoxious.
Is there any method to force the intended behavior in KDE Plasma? Alternatively, as this is a critical functionality for me, does Chrome work correctly in other DEs?
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This appears to be a consequence of an intentional limitation of the Wayland protocol (applications can't be allowed to determine their positions because reasons) that Window Managers have to sort on their own. KDE currently lacks the functionality to address it, while GNOME has an extension that cheats it in https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4736/smart-auto-move/