<![CDATA[Can't move window to center of screen.]]>I've seen a way online to get the coordinates for the center of the screen, and at the end, it calls the move function to move it to the relevant coordinates. My move function does not do anything, and I don't see anyone else online having the same issue.

I'm using Qt Creator. Here's the constructor for the first window.

StartScreenWindow::StartScreenWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QMainWindow(parent),
    ui(new Ui::StartScreenWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
    this->move(900, 900);
}

The window still stays only at the top left. There are no errors. The only warning I have is "QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread" which from what I found online is something wrong with a library and not for me to fix, so I don't think it's relevant.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/147420/can-t-move-window-to-center-of-screenRSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 01:55:44 GMTWed, 02 Aug 2023 17:43:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Can't move window to center of screen. on Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:05:12 GMT]]>@JonB Unfortunate. Thank you very much.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/767316https://forum.qt.io/post/767316Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:05:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't move window to center of screen. on Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:57:30 GMT]]>@Vad_i
The gist is, Wayland, or at least the default compositor I think, does not allow window positioning. Period. You can search posts on this forum which end up to that effect. If you can test with X11 I imagine you'll find it works.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/767314https://forum.qt.io/post/767314Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:57:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't move window to center of screen. on Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:54:42 GMT]]>@JonB Yes. I'm using Qt Creator on Fedora Linux. Does it not work with Wayland?

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/767312https://forum.qt.io/post/767312Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:54:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't move window to center of screen. on Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:48:04 GMT]]>@Vad_i What platform are you on? Are you running under Wayland?

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