Bug 432306 - kscreen-doctor can't set or unset output.MONITOR.primary.true/false
Summary: kscreen-doctor can't set or unset output.MONITOR.primary.true/false
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: KScreen
Classification: Plasma
Component: kscreen-doctor (show other bugs)
Version: git
Platform: Manjaro Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kscreen-bugs-null@kde.org
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Reported: 2021-01-30 09:34 UTC by datta.sandeep@gmail.com
Modified: 2025-01-10 16:26 UTC (History)
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Description datta.sandeep@gmail.com 2021-01-30 09:34:23 UTC 
SUMMARY

It seems kscreen-doctor is not able to set or unset the primary status of a monitor. This is clear from the parsePositionalArgs() function in doctor.cpp. I am assuming this is an oversight. If so, please enable support for like output.MONITOR.primary.true/false (or something better).

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. kscreen-doctor output.DP-4.Primary.true


OBSERVED RESULT
Unable to parse arguments: output.DP-4.Primary.true

EXPECTED RESULT
Set DP-4 as primary monitor.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro KDE 5.20.5
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78/0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

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Comment 1 Zamundaaa 2025-01-10 16:26:22 UTC 
The primary thing is a little bit weird; because you can't unset it, you can only do "kscreen-doctor output.DP-4.primary" to set an output to primary and the current primary output to not-primary.
You can also set the priority numbers nowadays though, so I consider this solved more nicely already.