Bug 270182 - Plasma panel maximize does not work in dual screen environment
Summary: Plasma panel maximize does not work in dual screen environment
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: plasma4
Classification: Plasma
Component: panel (show other bugs)
Version: 4.6.2
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-04-05 22:31 UTC by Søren Holm
Modified: 2012-05-27 11:12 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In: 4.6.5


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screenshot of "maximized" panel (488.26 KB, image/png)
2011-04-08 18:55 UTC, Jeffrey Bastian
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Description Søren Holm 2011-04-05 22:31:38 UTC
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.1) 
OS:                Linux

I have a dual screen setup of a loccal LVDS display and a DVI connected external monitor. The resolutions are :

LVDS 1400x1050
DVI  1600x1280

DVI is my primary screen, and therefor also the one containing my plasma panel.

The problem is that when I try to maximize the panel it only fills around 3/4 of the screen.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Setup a dual screen setup. Try to maximize the plasma panel.

Actual Results:  
The panel does not cover the entire screen width

Expected Results:  
The panel should fill the entire screen width
Comment 1 Jeffrey Bastian 2011-04-08 18:55:54 UTC
Created attachment 58718 [details]
screenshot of "maximized" panel

I'm also seeing this problem.  I have a 1600x900 LVDS display on the laptop and an external VGA 1920x1080 monitor; the external monitor is the primary display.  The maximized panel width is only 1600 pixels wide.

Also, the ruler bar for adjusting the panel size is also misaligned.  It's on the far left of the display while the panel itself is centered.  See the attached screenshot.

I'm running Fedora 14 with kdebase-4.6.1-3.fc14
Comment 2 chris.eaton 2011-05-05 21:13:15 UTC
I am also seeing this.

My laptop screen is 1366x768 and my external VGA is 1280x1024.

I would imagine the the panel when "fully extended" is only 1280px, if that's a clue as to the origin of the problem?

Kubuntu 4.6.2 via Kubuntu 11.04
Comment 3 Jeffrey Bastian 2011-08-05 15:25:02 UTC
I'm not sure what changed, but I just tried it again on a whim and it worked for me.

I'm now on Fedora 15 with kdebase-4.6.5-1.fc15.x86_64

I usually disable Desktop Effects(*), but on a whim I enabled them and noticed that Maximizing my panel worked.  I then disabled Desktop Effects and maximize still worked.  So Desktop Effects may be unrelated, but I thought I'd mention it.

* I'm often testing in a virtual machine which doesn't have the hardware acceleration needed for the effects
Comment 4 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-05-27 11:12:09 UTC
Thank you for the feedback.