diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 17fbb1bfd..e4b82dab8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-02-03  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* glade/gramps.glade: change window positioning settings
+	* glade/edit_person.glade: change window positioning settings
+
 2007-02-03  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py: fix 0000894: syntax error on Narrative web plugin
 
diff --git a/src/glade/edit_person.glade b/src/glade/edit_person.glade
index 19f2939c7..41a7094ba 100644
--- a/src/glade/edit_person.glade
+++ b/src/glade/edit_person.glade
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
diff --git a/src/glade/gramps.glade b/src/glade/gramps.glade
index 1f54f9268..9535ad392 100644
--- a/src/glade/gramps.glade
+++ b/src/glade/gramps.glade
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -4523,7 +4523,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -5382,7 +5382,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -6694,7 +6694,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -7165,7 +7165,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -7404,7 +7404,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -7924,7 +7924,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -8222,7 +8222,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -9114,7 +9114,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -9882,7 +9882,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -10171,7 +10171,7 @@
 <widget class="GtkDialog" id="event_eref_edit">
   <property name="title" translatable="yes"></property>
   <property name="type">GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL</property>
-  <property name="window_position">GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER_ON_PARENT</property>
+  <property name="window_position">GTK_WIN_POS_NONE</property>
   <property name="modal">False</property>
   <property name="default_width">600</property>
   <property name="resizable">True</property>
@@ -10179,7 +10179,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -10986,7 +10986,7 @@
 <widget class="GtkDialog" id="source_ref_edit">
   <property name="title" translatable="yes"></property>
   <property name="type">GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL</property>
-  <property name="window_position">GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER_ON_PARENT</property>
+  <property name="window_position">GTK_WIN_POS_NONE</property>
   <property name="modal">False</property>
   <property name="default_width">600</property>
   <property name="resizable">True</property>
@@ -10994,7 +10994,7 @@
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -11816,7 +11816,7 @@ Very High</property>
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -12427,7 +12427,7 @@ Very High</property>
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -12968,7 +12968,7 @@ Very High</property>
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -13472,7 +13472,7 @@ Very High</property>
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -13754,7 +13754,7 @@ Very High</property>
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>
@@ -14164,7 +14164,7 @@ Very High</property>
   <property name="decorated">True</property>
   <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
   <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
-  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
   <property name="urgency_hint">False</property>