Bug 380237

Summary:	Spawning programs under cursor only works for monitor of focused window
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Sefa Eyeoglu <contact>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.10.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Sefa Eyeoglu 2017-05-26 18:00:18 UTC

If you focus a window on for example the second monitor and have your mouse cursor on the first monitor and open something it will spawn on the "edge" between the first and the second monitor. If you have a window focused on the first monitor and open another window it will spawn under your mouse, but if you are on the other monitor it will again spawn at the "edge".

Demonstration (File Size was too big for attachment):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4jNBqiEX8c (I use a Hotkey to open Konsole instances)

Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2017-06-17 12:31:35 UTC

I watched the video and the behavior looks fine to me.

What exactly is it that you expected to see and what did you see?

Comment 2 Sefa Eyeoglu 2017-06-17 12:41:26 UTC

I expected, that the window should open on the monitor, where the mouse currently is. But as you can see, it opens on the second monitor, where the current active window is.

Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2017-06-17 15:06:47 UTC

please provide output of:
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation

Comment 4 Sefa Eyeoglu 2017-06-17 15:45:42 UTC

https://paste.kde.org/pr93v94cs
Here it is.
I did a "| grep mouse" for fun and saw this: Active screen follows mouse:  no.
I guess that is the value to be changed.

Comment 5 Sefa Eyeoglu 2017-06-17 15:53:36 UTC

Okay. I found the checkbox for it under Window Management -> Window Behavior -> Focus -> Active screen follows mouse (at the bottom).
I will close this issue, because it is no real issue. Just a setting, which is hard to find.