[Bug 46381] Default window placement/positioning

[loftx]

Public bug reported:

Since the smart-window placement/positioning was introduced, any windows
where the placement isn't set by the application are put in a large
enough empty space. If there is no space large enough for the window,
windows are positioned in the top-left corner and stacked diagonally so
title bars are visisble on multiple windows.

I have a large screen, and would like the option for windows satisfying
these conditions to be placed in the centre of the screen as I find
myself continually dragging the windows back to the centre.

Example: 
Open firefox (or a similar application which takes up most of the screen) - It is opened in the location stored by firefox. 
Open another firefox window - It is opened in the top-left of the screen forcing the user to drag it back to their preferred position where the first window opened.

** Affects: metacity (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Default window placement/positioning
https://launchpad.net/bugs/46381