applied Maarten Maathuis recenter-patch for floating clients only requesting new width and height exceeding the screen space
--- a/event.c Wed May 09 10:12:55 2007 +0200
+++ b/event.c Wed May 09 11:31:14 2007 +0200
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@
c->w = ev->width;
if(ev->value_mask & CWHeight)
c->h = ev->height;
+ if((c->x + c->w) > sw && c->isfloating)
+ c->x = sw / 2 - c->w / 2; /* center in x direction */
+ if((c->y + c->h) > sh && c->isfloating)
+ c->y = sh / 2 - c->h / 2; /* center in y direction */
if((ev->value_mask & (CWX | CWY))
&& !(ev->value_mask & (CWWidth | CWHeight)))
configure(c);