| Summary: | programs usually open on a different screen | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] kwin | Reporter: | David Chmelik <dchmelik> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED WORKSFORME | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | nate, plasma-bugs-null |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 5.23.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Slackware | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
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Description
David Chmelik
2021-11-14 01:53:44 UTC
In System Settings > Window Management > Window Behavior, what is the setting for where to open apps for multi-screen setups set to? Just default 'click to focus;' maybe I should set it to something else, but I don't understand what some of the options mean... "Click to focus" is not the default upstream in KDE anymore. It was changed to "active screen follows cursor" a year or two ago. Maybe Slackware hardcodes the old default setting or something? Either way, you can get what you want by switching it over to the new default. Seems only options are 'click to focus,' 'click to focus (mouse precedence,)' 'focus follows mouse,' 'focus follows mouse (mouse precedence,') 'focus under mouse,' 'focus strictly under mouse.' Slackware tradition is never change anything upstream unless needed to work. I see 'system settings->-window management->window behavior->focus, titlebar actions, window actions, movement, advanced, no mention of 'multi-screen setup.' It's on the Focus tab. So: "System Settings" app > "Window Management" group > "Window Behavior" page > "Focus" tab > make sure the "Active screen follows mouse" checkbox is checked. That checkbox will only appear when you actually have more than one screen plugged in. So make sure you do when you go looking for the setting. Created attachment 148818 [details]
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Perhaps I should use forum more(?) because this is probably working but settings weren't updated (Slackware doesn't make their own default settings but this isn't new KDE installation)... you partly-described two areas of this screen (named differently than you said) so I'm showing you what I have. Created attachment 148819 [details]
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OK, so you have "Active screen follows mouse" checked. Good. Does the issue you're experiencing only happen for KDE apps? Does it ever happen for any 3rd-party apps? I don't think I've seen it happen for a non-KDE program. Thanks. Can you go to: "System Settings" app > "Window Management" group > "Window Behavior" page > "Advanced" tab >Uncheck "Allow KDE apps to remember the positions of their windows, if they support it"? Does that help? Dear Bug Submitter, This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging If you have already provided the requested information, please mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone! Yes, but options sound opposite if what they should be (as do some others.) If I open a program then close it (or even have it crash) on a certain screen, I want it to remember it was closed (or crashed) on that screen and open there next time instead of having to go to that screen every time. I know that the multiple screens are placed together in a way their coordinates are considered part of one larger screen so it should work. For now it's fine to have to open them on the specific screen I wanted. Well, you can't have it both ways. :) On X11, KWin can position new windows in the locations they were located in when they were closed (assuming they support this feature), or it can position them on the screen where the cursor is currently located. It can't do both, because those behaviors are mutually exclusive. Unfortunately, opening windows in the location where they were last closed depends on support from individual apps and only works on X11 (on Wayland, it would work for all apps if KWin gained support for this, but it doesn't support it yet). As a result, the behavior will probably differ based on which programs you use. KDE apps should mostly behave nicely and remember their prior positions, but many 3rd-party apps won't. So let's narrow this down: which exact apps are opening their windows "on a random screen", as you originally put it? Dear Bug Submitter, This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging If you have already provided the requested information, please mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone! I guess this works but options sound like doing opposite what they say. When I fixed it for some, others have problems but it's fewer now, but I'll close this a seem to be enough options. |