Bug 446961

Summary: Add option to select screen in custom notification positioning UI
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: pqwoerituytrueiwoq
Component: NotificationsAssignee: Kai Uwe Broulik <kde>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: f.baumg, groszdanielpub, kdelibs-bugs, kde_org, linx.system.adm, milburn.james.w, natalie_clarius, nate, nicolas.fella, plasma-bugs, sephiroth_pk
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.23.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Kubuntu   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452294
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461293
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=471114
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Description pqwoerituytrueiwoq 2021-12-14 06:05:37 UTC
Created attachment 144531 [details]
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SUMMARY
I want to be able to set my notification to appear on my left monitor instead of my right monitor which has my system tray widget, since my right is my primary it will usually be the one to have full screen content on it and rather than have the notification appear on top of of the content it can appear on the other monitor and be visible without being annoying

to generate a test notification:
$ kdialog --passivepopup 'hello world' 5 --title Hi --icon dialog-information.svg

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have 2 monitors
2. Want to make passive notification appear a monitor that does not have a system tray widget present
3. Attempt to do so

OBSERVED RESULT
No way to choose what monitor/display the notification appears on

EXPECTED RESULT
i can make the notification appear on what ever display i want in any location i choose

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.89.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.16.0-051600rc5-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Radeon RX 580 Series

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

the knotify config library is vs. 5.88, still waiting on 5.89 to get packaged, still waiting on dolphin 21.12.1 to show up for that matter
Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2021-12-14 12:03:01 UTC
Move the notification applet to your other screen and notifications will appear there.
Comment 2 pqwoerituytrueiwoq 2021-12-14 14:15:54 UTC
I am aware of that, but that is not the config i desire as stated on step 2 of STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-12-14 20:42:50 UTC
We let you position the notification in a custom location on the screen where the applet lives rather than always near the applet; seems reasonable to let you select the screen too.
Comment 4 Riccardo Robecchi 2022-01-20 12:31:34 UTC
One other aspect to consider is that one may have a multi-monitor setup, with a laptop monitor as well as an external screen. In this context, the external screen may actually be the main one (e.g. due to size and/or position), but removing the notifications widget from the laptop's panel would be unfeasible due to then not having it when the external screen is not connected.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2022-01-20 15:00:14 UTC
Yes, that's a great point.
Comment 6 Nicolas Fella 2022-07-01 12:00:13 UTC
*** Bug 456178 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2023-09-07 18:44:10 UTC
*** Bug 471905 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2024-08-19 23:11:53 UTC
*** Bug 484590 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***