iTunes window bounds don't stay

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#1

Whenever I try to set the bounds of the main iTunes window with this:

tell application "iTunes"
	set bounds of window 1 to {180, 101, 1400, 960}
	get bounds of window 1
end tell

I get {180, 122, 1400, 960}, which is not the same (the 2nd value is different). Is there any reason why this happens and is there anything I can do to get around it?

#2

It seems that iTunes adds 21 if you use the get command. Maybe for the title bar? Then you should see the place just beneath the close button as the left-upper corner. The set command seems to work as expected.

tell application "iTunes"
	set bounds of window 1 to {100, 50, 900, 800}
	my getRealBoundsOfiTunes()
end tell

on getRealBoundsOfiTunes()
	tell application "iTunes" to set v to bounds of window 1
	set item 2 of v to (item 2 of v) - 21
	return v
end getRealBoundsOfiTunes

Hope it helps,
ief2

#3

I’m trying to plug that into my script, but I’m not sure where it belongs.

This is my script, which sets the bounds of a window just where I want it (depending on the app, but for now, I’ll use iTunes). If the window is already where I want it, the script will maximize it.

global DTbounds, frontApp

-- set essentials
tell application "Finder" to set DTbounds to get bounds of window of desktop
tell application "System Events" to ¬
	set frontApp to displayed name of process 1 whose frontmost = true

on moveWindow(appName, whichWindow, appBounds)
	if application appName is running then
		tell application appName
			if appName contains frontApp then
				try
					if bounds of window whichWindow ≠ appBounds then
						set bounds of window whichWindow to appBounds
					else if bounds of window whichWindow = appBounds then
						set bounds of window whichWindow to DTbounds
					end if
				end try
			end if
		end tell
	end if
end moveWindow

moveWindow("iTunes", 1, {180, 80, 1400, 960})

So how should I fit your suggestion into my script?