SUMMARY Setting "Window Management" -> "Window Behavior" -> "Advanced" -> "Window Placement" to "Minimal Overlapping", kwin will not take advantage of multiple screens and will always place the new window in the screen where the mouse is, even when it will overlap existing windows and another screen is completely empty (it will always prefer same screen for other placement options, but for most others it actually makes sense). STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Have more than one screen connected, and set "Window Placement" to "Minimal Overlapping". If you plan to test with a KDE application, also turn off "allow apps to remember the positions" - or test with non-KDE apps, for example: Firefox. 2. Without any windows showing on the current virtual desktop, open a window (for example - Firefox) and maximize it on one of the screens. 3. Open a new window (for example - in Firefox press CTRL+N). OBSERVED RESULT The new window covers the existing window. EXPECTED RESULT The new window should open on another screen. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION With the above repro process, if instead of maximizing the window, I tile to to half the screen - the new window appears correctly in the other half of the screen.
>The new window should open on another screen. That also caused people saying things should appear on the active screen. The code is deliberate based on other feedback. Sorry