From 3aa3187263e372e6ec04717cf7a007828ddc48bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mircea Pop <mircea.pop@verve.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:18:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add configurable window position setting

The picker window always opens centered on the primary monitor, which
is inconvenient on multi-monitor setups where the user may be working
on a different screen. This adds a "Window Position" preference with
two options: "Center" (existing default behavior) and "Mouse Cursor"
(opens the picker at the current pointer location).
---
 emote/picker.py    | 11 ++++++++++-
 emote/settings.py  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 emote/user_data.py | 14 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/emote/picker.py b/emote/picker.py
index 21c1cda..b4a8c0e 100644
--- a/emote/picker.py
+++ b/emote/picker.py
@@ -26,12 +26,21 @@ def grouper(iterable, n, fillvalue=None):
     return zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue)
 
 
+WINDOW_POSITION_MAP = {
+    "Center": Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER,
+    "Mouse Cursor": Gtk.WindowPosition.MOUSE,
+}
+
+
 class EmojiPicker(Gtk.Window):
     def __init__(self, open_time, update_accelerator, update_theme, show_welcome):
+        window_position = WINDOW_POSITION_MAP.get(
+            user_data.load_window_position(), Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER
+        )
         Gtk.Window.__init__(
             self,
             title="Emote",
-            window_position=Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER,
+            window_position=window_position,
             resizable=False,
             deletable=False,
             name="emote_window",
diff --git a/emote/settings.py b/emote/settings.py
index 4764484..20992ed 100644
--- a/emote/settings.py
+++ b/emote/settings.py
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ def __init__(self, update_theme):
         settings_grid.attach(theme_combo, 2, row, 1, 1)
         row += 1
 
+        window_position_label = Gtk.Label("Window Position")
+        window_position_label.set_alignment(0, 0.5)
+        settings_grid.attach(window_position_label, 1, row, 1, 1)
+
+        window_position_combo = Gtk.ComboBoxText()
+        window_position_combo.set_entry_text_column(0)
+        window_position_combo.connect("changed", self.on_window_position_combo_changed)
+        for position in user_data.WINDOW_POSITIONS:
+            window_position_combo.append_text(position)
+        window_position_combo.set_active(
+            user_data.WINDOW_POSITIONS.index(user_data.load_window_position())
+        )
+        settings_grid.attach(window_position_combo, 2, row, 1, 1)
+        row += 1
+
         box.pack_start(settings_grid, True, True, GRID_SIZE)
 
         self.show_all()
@@ -57,3 +72,9 @@ def on_theme_combo_changed(self, combo):
 
         if theme is not None:
             self.update_theme(theme)
+
+    def on_window_position_combo_changed(self, combo):
+        window_position = combo.get_active_text()
+
+        if window_position is not None:
+            user_data.update_window_position(window_position)
diff --git a/emote/user_data.py b/emote/user_data.py
index 271291c..1576d9a 100644
--- a/emote/user_data.py
+++ b/emote/user_data.py
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
 DEFAULT_SKINTONE_INDEX = 0
 SKINTONES = ["✋", "✋🏻", "✋🏼", "✋🏽", "✋🏾", "✋🏿"]
 
+WINDOW_POSITION = "window_position"
+DEFAULT_WINDOW_POSITION = "Center"
+WINDOW_POSITIONS = ["Center", "Mouse Cursor"]
+
 
 # Ensure the data dir exists
 os.makedirs(DATA_DIR, exist_ok=True)
@@ -134,3 +138,13 @@ def load_skintone_index():
 def update_skintone_index(skintone):
     with shelve.open(SHELVE_PATH) as db:
         db[SKINTONE_INDEX] = skintone
+
+
+def load_window_position():
+    with shelve.open(SHELVE_PATH) as db:
+        return db.get(WINDOW_POSITION, DEFAULT_WINDOW_POSITION)
+
+
+def update_window_position(window_position):
+    with shelve.open(SHELVE_PATH) as db:
+        db[WINDOW_POSITION] = window_position