boxfromprefs outta the way

app/libs/EIC/EICController.js

@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ class EICController extends Controller {
     static resize() {
         Controller._contents.forEach(item => item.view.DOMContentResized())
     }
+
 }
 
 app.registerClass('EICController', EICController);

app/libs/EIC/EICDomContent.js

@@ -262,7 +262,26 @@ class EICDomContent extends View {
         let device = limits.find(item => item.min < bounds.width);
         this.el.setAttribute('device', device ? device.name: limits[0].name);
     }
-    
+
+    static boxFromPrefs(viewName, defaults){
+        function getPref(path) {
+            return path.split('.').reduce(
+                (acc, key) => acc?.[key],
+                app.User.preferences.windows
+            )
+        }
+        const box = getPref(viewName)
+        let left = box.x ? box.x : defaults.x
+        let top = box.y ? box.y : defaults.y
+        let width = box.w ? box.w : defaults.w
+        let height = box.x ? box.h : defaults.h
+        return({
+                    width: `${width}px`,
+                    height: `${height}px`,
+                    left: `${left}px`,
+                    top: `${top}px`,
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 app.registerClass('EICDomContent', EICDomContent);