Thanks to /u/azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works for mentioning KDE window rules. In KDE, we can add rules for windows so that they behave in specific ways. One rule that can be added is the position: remember rule, and it's possible to make that rule apply to all windows by removing the match field. This way, closing and reopening windows keeps them where they were.
This is a very typical complaint about wayland that a lot of people have, something that apparently worked natively with X11 and annoyed me to no end since I had to position all the windows every day when logging into my desktop. No more! I hope this helps :)
This fix is hillarious. Why isnt that default, if such a powerful feature exists??
It wasn't needed in x11 so I guess it wasn't made default when Wayland dropped, since it's something extra that the DE is checking. In any case, I have plenty processing power to spare for this fix so it's fine by me.
Usually the program manages this for itself, among a few other things, so normally this is not needed, but it seems wayland does not allow them to set their own location.
Yes and that is known. Programs are not able to see the screen, as this can be fingerprintable or other issues. So they cannot place themselves.
So this is the obvious solution!
They don't shouldn't need to see the screen just to position themselves on it. Or do you mean the screen size?
Yes they need to know screen size, layout, DPI, arrangements