Bug 464760

Summary:	Not possible to overlap screens anymore on multiscreen setups.
Product:	[Plasma] KScreen	Reporter:	petrk <pepko94>
Component:	common	Assignee:	kscreen-bugs-null <kscreen-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, postix
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.26.90
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469524
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description petrk 2023-01-24 18:26:38 UTC

It seems that since 5.27 rewrite it's not possible to arrange screens, so that one of them overlaps the other.
Is it an intentional simplification? It was useful in my case, since my "desk" is small, and if I chose to keep laptop lid up (for wifi strength) it would be possible to sacrifice a small chunk of space for smoother transition. And gain extra space at little cost.

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.102.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.7-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 15.0 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82B1
System Version: Lenovo Legion 5 15ARH05H

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-01-24 20:09:12 UTC

This was an intentional change, yeah. Allowing screen overlap was a major contributor to lots of bugs.

You can still physically overlap your screens, but the UI won't support this so you'll have to arrange the visual screens to be adjacent.