Pidgin window shoving my desktop around?

[Daniel Atallah]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Bill W<bill0287 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> For some reason, pidgin is now shoving my desktop to the side (it sits on
> the left) every time I open the window - it did not always do that, it seems
> to have started recently.  It used to float on the desktop like a normal
> window.
>
> I also noticed that I can't re-size the window vertically anymore, when I
> used to be able to do that as well. There doesn't seem to be anything in the
> preferences to control this.
>
> I tried installing 2.5.8, but no help. I am using XP SP3.

You've enabled the "Dockable Buddy List" in the "Windows Pidgin
Options" plugin and then dragged your buddy list close enough to the
side of the desktop that it has docked.

If you disable that feature, it will no longer dock.

-D