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Some dialogs don't spawn centred #248

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@AethanFoot

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Examples of these dialogs are ones spawned by a polkit agent, and the x file browser spawned when downloading something.
They tend to spawn at the top of my left monitor. Heres the xwininfo from the authentication window:

xwininfo: Window id: 0x8000fa "Authenticate"

  Root window id: 0x1e7 (the root window) (has no name)
  Parent window id: 0x1e7 (the root window) (has no name)
     1 child:
     0x8000fb (has no name): ()  1x1+-1+-1  +-1+-1

  Absolute upper-left X:  0
  Absolute upper-left Y:  0
  Relative upper-left X:  0
  Relative upper-left Y:  0
  Width: 525
  Height: 242
  Depth: 24
  Visual: 0x2b
  Visual Class: TrueColor
  Border width: 0
  Class: InputOutput
  Colormap: 0x800002 (not installed)
  Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Backing Store State: NotUseful
  Save Under State: no
  Map State: IsViewable
  Override Redirect State: no
  Corners:  +0+0  -3075+0  -3075-838  +0-838
  -geometry 525x242+0+0

  Bit gravity: NorthWestGravity
  Window gravity: NorthWestGravity
  Backing-store hint: NotUseful
  Backing-planes to be preserved: 0xffffffff
  Backing pixel: 0
  Save-unders: No

  Someone wants these events:
      EnterWindow
      Exposure
      VisibilityChange
      StructureNotify
      SubstructureNotify
      FocusChange
      PropertyChange
  Do not propagate these events:
  Override redirection?: No

  Window manager hints:
      Client accepts input or input focus: Yes
      Initial state is Normal State
      Displayed on desktop 1
      Window type:
          Dialog
      Window state:
          Above
          (unresolvable ATOM 0x0)
      Process id: 2084 on host aethan-ms7921

  Normal window size hints:
      Program supplied minimum size: 525 by 242
      Program supplied maximum size: 525 by 242
      Program supplied base size: 0 by 0
      Program supplied window gravity: NorthWestGravity
  No zoom window size hints defined

  No window shape defined
  No border shape defined

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