I noticed that if you enlarge a program’s window so that it covers a huge amount of the desktop (do not let the window cover the desktop completely, just keep some space left), it will be started as maximized next time.
Example:
- open Files (usually, its window is small enough so that it won’t start maximized)
- move and resize File’s window so that it is occupying almost all of the desktop space (ensure to keep a bit of the desktop visible around it)
- close Files
- now open Files again, and watch it jumping to maximized (and double click the title bar for restoring the actual geometry you’ve set before)
As I guess that this is a feature: does anyone of you know how Gnome decides whether to start a program maximized or not? Is it because of some Gnome design and aesthetics rules?