# Start GLMakie visualization in previous position with previous size

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**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** makie, glmakie\
**Created:** [February 6, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/start-glmakie-visualization-in-previous-position-with-previous-size/94132 "2023-02-06T11:14:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/start-glmakie-visualization-in-previous-position-with-previous-size/94132/2 "2023-02-13T21:33:57Z")

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Have you tried the `focus_on_show` and `resolution` arguments to `GLMakie.Screen`?

```julia
using GLMakie
GLMakie.Screen(; resolution=(1000, 500), focus_on_show=true)

```

I’ve been wanting to figure out the other things you mention and I think I’ve got it:

```julia
s = GLMakie.Screen()
glw = s.glscreen
cursize = GLMakie.GLFW.GetWindowSize(glw)
GLMakie.GLFW.SetWindowSize(glw, 1000, 100)
# resize the window manually..
GLMakie.GLFW.SetWindowSize(glw, cursize...) # goes back

```

There’s a `GetWindowSize` and `SetWindowPos` that work the same. On MacOS at least, this position seems to be on the extended desktop when there are multiple monitors.

BTW I figured this stuff out by entering `GLMakie.GLFW.` and then tab-completing to discover what was there. I guess one should probably read the actual [docs](https://github.com/JuliaGL/GLFW.jl) but they largely point to the GLFW documentation.

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