Windows reposition offscreen except for top left corner on multiple monitor configurations

Originator:PaulSolt
Number:rdar://32197355 Date Originated:4-15-17
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:macOS Product Version:10.12.4
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Yes
 
Area:
Something not on this list

Summary:
When I connect multiple monitors my windows move around and many times they go off screen.

I cannot find the window when I click on the app and usually end up closing and re-opening.

Now I discovered these windows are appearing on monitor #1 (2 external), but they are essentially all offscreen except for the top left corner and close button.

This is a very poor user experience, since clicking on the app doesn't bring a window to the foreground (that I can see), because it's only 20x20 pixels from it's top left corner.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Work on editing something with TextMate (or any app) with single external monitor. (You probably need to have a lot of windows open with Safari, Chrome, Terminal, Xcode, Things, Marked2, and Textmate.
2. Then connect a 2nd monitor
3. Watch windows reposition

Expected Results:
1. My windows should not shift offscreen on multiple monitors. 
2. Ideally they would keep the same positions, or at least would stay on a screen so I could see them.

Actual Results:
1. Windows are 99% offscreen for some apps, and it's very hard to find things

Version:
10.12.4

Notes:
I keep losing windows for apps, which is frustrating. It's like a search for a needle in a hay stack.

This is my first time using three monitors, which I'm not sure if that's the reason it's so confusing. At home I connect to a single display (UltraFine 5k), at work I connect to two cheap 1080p monitors.

Configuration:
MacBook Pro 15" 2016
1-2 external monitors

Attachments:
'MacBook Pro 2016 - 2 external monitors.spx' and 'MultipleMonitorWindowsOffscreen.png' were successfully uploaded.

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