SUMMARY The Application Dashboard always opens on the most left and most upper screen / display and not on the primary display or that display, where the cursor is currently placed. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Connect an external monitor 2. Align it above or left of the primary display 3. Configure plasmashell to use the application dashboard instead of the application launcher 4. Move the cursor to the primary screen and focus a window there 5. Hit the Super key / Windows key or Alt+F1 or click on the dashboard launch icon OBSERVED RESULT It opens on the secondary most left / most upper display. EXPECTED RESULT It should open on the primary screen or on that screen, where the cursor is currently placed. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 30 - Kernel 5.2.9-200.fc30.x86_64 KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.59.0 Qt Version: 5.12.4
Please include a screenshot of your setup (with the dash not running) and output of xrandr -q
Created attachment 122362 [details] xprop of the application dashboard
Created attachment 122363 [details] xrandr -q
Created attachment 122364 [details] xwininfo if the application dashboard
Created attachment 122365 [details] Screenshot of the current setup The primary monitor is below the secondary. Its resolution is 1920x1080. The second monitor has a higher resolution, but this should not change the behaviour.
Created attachment 122366 [details] Screenshot of the current setup without the application dashboard
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I'm not able to reproduce this with Plasma 6.2.5 on Wayland Is anyone who had been affected by this bug still able to reproduce it with Plasma 6.2.5 or later? My setup: Laptop with two external monitors arranged this way: Laptop | External1 (primary) | External2 | Panel with App Dashboard | Also tested with git-master with this arrangement: Laptop | External1 (primary) | Panel with App Dashboard 1. Open App Dashboard - observe it appears on the primary display where the panel is 2. Disconnect the primary display and reconnect it 3. Reopen App Dashboard Result: The App Dashboard correctly appears on the primary display
I tested it on Wayland on Plasma 6.2.5 and sometimes it works as expected (application dashboard opens on primary display when pressing the Meta key on the keyboard) but sometimes it does not work, after changing the display setup. Launching applications with a hotkey opens a window on the currently active display (where the mouse cursor is). The OSD popup for volume or display brightness also opens on the active display.
(In reply to sedrubal from comment #13) > I tested it on Wayland on Plasma 6.2.5 and sometimes it works as expected Well, shoot. I'll leave this open for further investigation.