Problems resizing windows

[David Sharp]

Hi,
The problem I have was raised here back in July 2012 ("Window position not stored locally?"), but did not receive a response that deals with the difficulties I'm having.
I'm using Bookends 12.1.2 on a Macbook Air running under Yosemite.
In general I have the computer hooked up to a 27-inch Thunderbolt display, but on occasion I unhook it to go roaming.
When trying to use Bookends on the Macbook's 11-inch screen, I have found it impossible to resize the library or the search windows to fit. I find myself with vast windows that stretch off the edges of the screen, with no access to borders that I can drag to change their size. I can't see any menu option that allows me to change them.
Even worse, I now have a problem when viewing Bookends on the Thunderbolt screen: after I clicked on the green resize button in the top left-hand corner of the window, the latter expanded to go even beyond the limits of the 27-inch screen!
I do not have these problems with most of the other programs I use.
For example, when I unhook the computer from the display and run Apple Mail, the viewing window adjusts automatically to fit into the 11-inch screen. (However it doesn't adjust back, when I reconnect the big display. Needless to say, that's less of a problem.)
With Firefox, the window size adjusts automatically in both directions, so I *never* have to adjust it.
I have had a problem with Microsoft Excel, but that program contains an "Adjust" option in its "Window" menu, that allows me to do what I apparently can't do with Bookends.
Many thanks for any answers.
David Sharp

[Jon]

Have you tried clicking on the green button with the Option key held down? Or using Window -> Reset Window Position?

Jon
Sonny Software

[David Sharp]

Many thanks: an Option-click on the green button solves the basic problem.

However "Reset Window Position" does not. On both my 27-inch Thunderbolt screen and on the 11-inch Macbook screen it simply moves the whole window a bit down and to the right, without changing its size (as far as I can see).
Indeed, given the problem I've raised, I'm not at all clear what the purpose of the "Reset Window Position" command is.
Best wishes, David Sharp

[Jon]

Reset Window Position is useful when for whatever reason when using a multi-monitor setting the window is off-screen (of the current computer). This brings it back to the screen you're using. It's not used often, it's a fall-back. Since your window was sized incorrectly, the Option-click on the green button was the right solution.

Jon
Sonny Software