Bug 390097

Summary:	Pager widget changes size when plugging in an external monitor
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Andrew Crouthamel <andrew.crouthamel>
Component:	Pager widget	Assignee:	Eike Hein <hein>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.12.0
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Before monitor connection, normal size. After monitor connection, larger size.

Description Andrew Crouthamel 2018-02-08 19:42:16 UTC

The Pager widget for showing virtual desktops expands in size upon plugging in an external monitor. In this example, it was a 1080p monitor plugged into a laptop running 4k, if that matters.

KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.42.0
Qt Version: 5.9.3
Kernel Version 4.13.0-32-generic
OS Type: 64-bit

Comment 1 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-02-08 19:44:32 UTC

Created attachment 110448 [details]
Before monitor connection, normal size.

Comment 2 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-02-08 19:45:08 UTC

Created attachment 110449 [details]
After monitor connection, larger size.

Comment 3 Eike Hein 2018-02-09 12:38:49 UTC

This is expected and correct behavior. The pager's base aspect ratio is the bounding box of all monitors. Otherwise it can't show their content.

Comment 4 Eike Hein 2018-02-09 12:40:26 UTC

(Note: there's a "Only the current screen" checkbox in the settings, too.)