Bug 369241

Summary: [Display key] kscreen should remember current config when cycling through others
Product: [Plasma] KScreen Reporter: Bhushan Shah <bshah>
Component: commonAssignee: Sebastian Kügler <sebas>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: bugreporter11, bugseforuns, elvis.angelaccio, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: git   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description Bhushan Shah 2016-09-23 12:56:08 UTC 
Currently when I press Display key to switch through differnt
configurations, it doesn't remember the current configuration and
eventually doesn't switch back to it.

I am not sure if this is bug or current code is like that only.. but IMO
it makes sense to keep current screen configuration and switch back to
it.

If you need any other information let me know.

Steps to reproduce,

1. Configure two screens, position them etc.
2. Press display key to cycle between configurations

Actual Results,

3. It doesn't restore actual config, and I need to reconfigure things.

Expected results,

3. Eventually it restores the configuration done during step 1.
Comment 1 Sebastian Kügler 2016-09-26 11:48:57 UTC 
The current code doesn't do that at all, it's not a bug but intended behaviour.
Comment 2 bugreporter11 2018-07-13 23:28:22 UTC 
The package arandr can be useful to manually cycling between saved screen layouts. It would require loading and applying a saved setting in the GUI. (If someone wished, they could assign a hot key to run the saved settings, because each setting is an xrandr script.)

Is is possible that kscreen can co-exist with arandr? Or can kscreen be disabled (without being removed) so that arandr can be used instead?