Bug 410976

Summary:	Closing the Laptop lid moves the primary monitor
Product:	[Plasma] KScreen	Reporter:	Janek <xerusx>
Component:	kded	Assignee:	Sebastian Kügler <sebas>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	dvratil, kde, kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.16.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Janek 2019-08-16 12:12:23 UTC

SUMMARY

When I close the lid of my laptop while an external monitor is connected, the external monitor becomes primary monitor (dock and all windows move over), even though I have the power settings configured to "Do nothing" on lid close.
As soon as I open the lid, everything does move back, but I'd prefer to have a setting to don't move it away in the first place.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.16
KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.60.0
Qt Version: 5.12.3
Kernel Version: 5.1.15-050115-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-7300HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz
Memory: 7,7 GiB of RAM

Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2019-08-16 12:13:28 UTC

That is kscreen disconnecting the monitor since the monitor becomes inaccessible as you close it.

Comment 2 David Edmundson 2019-08-17 13:18:46 UTC

You want the windows to remain on a screen that isn't on?

Comment 3 Janek 2019-08-21 13:53:03 UTC

I'd like to have an option to do so. Sometimes I want to close my laptop lid but leave everything on, but when I'm in a workspace, I don't want my whole desktop to be visible on a big monitor while I'm away.

Comment 4 David Edmundson 2019-08-21 14:30:41 UTC

We are not going to have an option that leaves windows inaccessible.