Flow-Launcher / Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher
Separate settings and gui state in Settings.json
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
Currently, `Settings.json` mixes Flow-Launcher settings and GUI-related states (e.g., `WindowLeft,` `WindowTop,` `ActivateTimes`). It is hard to manage `Settings.json` using [chezmoi](https://www.chezmoi.io/) or other dotfile managers since those values could change frequently.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
I would suggest Flow-Lancher separate settings and GUI-related states into two files so that `Settings.json` only includes configs directly related to real settings.
**Additional context**
In [How to ignore values frequently changed in a file managed by chezmoi?](https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/discussions/3493), the same issue related to managing Scoop config is discussed.
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Research direction
Start by locating how Settings.json is loaded and saved, then trace where WindowLeft, WindowTop, and ActivateTimes are persisted. Separate those GUI-related states from the regular settings and verify that both files are read and written correctly across application restarts.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100