Bug 415952 - Display Manager layout is not ideal
Summary: Display Manager layout is not ideal
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: KScreen
Classification: Plasma
Component: common (show other bugs)
Version: 5.14.5
Platform: Debian unstable Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kscreen-bugs-null@kde.org
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Reported: 2020-01-07 03:26 UTC by jerrys
Modified: 2020-01-08 02:42 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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display layout (108.17 KB, image/png)
2020-01-07 03:26 UTC, jerrys
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window size too small (66.11 KB, image/png)
2020-01-07 03:27 UTC, jerrys
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Description jerrys 2020-01-07 03:26:08 UTC
Created attachment 124950 [details]
display layout

SUMMARY
The currently layout in Display application is not ideal. Few suggestions for improvement.

1. When I open Display app, all my displays are cramped in a small window. I have to resize the window to able to manage the screens. See screenshot.

I would prefer if the window size is adjusted to the content and show the screens logically in the window.

2. It is very challenging to work with screens especially when using notebook. For example handling screens in XFCE is much easier, because they have predefined options.

Lets assume that people have notebook and one or two external screens. I would prefer to have one click options to select between:
- notebook + all external screens enabled (extended left or right / unify)
- only external enabled (extended left of right / unify)
- only notebook enabled

3. Enabling and disabling screens requires two clicks:
a. select screen
b. enable disable checkbox

The checkbox to enable or disable screen should part of the graphical representation of the screen, that I can just click once.
Comment 1 jerrys 2020-01-07 03:27:22 UTC
Created attachment 124951 [details]
window size too small
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2020-01-08 02:42:13 UTC
This layout was improved substantially in Plasma 5.17.