Bug 140591 - Should display on the monitor with the active window, not the monitor the mouse cursor was on at launch
Summary: Should display on the monitor with the active window, not the monitor the mou...
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: katapult
Classification: Miscellaneous
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Martin Meredith
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Reported: 2007-01-25 09:15 UTC by Peter Wiersig
Modified: 2009-10-04 22:52 UTC (History)
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Description Peter Wiersig 2007-01-25 09:15:45 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          g++ (GCC) 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1-r1)
 CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe"
OS:                Linux

When starting katapult the monitor with the mouse cursor is chosen at startup time to display the katapult window.

How to Reproduce
Have a system with at least 2 monitors. Launch katapult. Press global shortcut to display the window. Move cursor to different monitor, pretend to work with this second monitor. Activate global shortcut.

Expected Behaviour
I'd like to use the monitor with the focused application window chosen at display time.
Comment 1 Pierre Buard 2007-06-01 11:18:53 UTC
At least add the possibility to choose the screen on which the launcher will be displayed.
Comment 2 Jedd 2008-06-01 04:00:31 UTC
Peter - look at my bug report at #160099 .  I think we can agree that having this configurable is the ideal situation.  For as long as I've been using KDE with multiple monitors (about 3 years) new apps launch wherever the mouse is.  This is predictable and easier (IMHO) to manage for the user (making a new window appear on a screen without any existing windows is somewhat challenging).

On the upside, for you, the *default behaviour has changed* (no thanks to anyone for this unwanted change) at around 3.5.8 or 3.5.9 - and now matches your preference, AFAICT.
Comment 3 Dario Andres 2009-10-04 22:52:31 UTC
Katapult was declared unmaintained by its own author. KRunner is KDE4 supersedes it. 
Regards