Bug 461199 - Got a funny one: Identify monitors feature is unhelpful when all monitors are of an identical brand and model!
Summary: Got a funny one: Identify monitors feature is unhelpful when all monitors are...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 419494
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_kscreen (show other bugs)
Version: 5.25.5
Platform: Manjaro Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kscreen-bugs-null@kde.org
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Reported: 2022-10-30 11:04 UTC by Grady
Modified: 2022-10-31 23:03 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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This did not help identify anything lol (2.90 MB, image/png)
2022-10-30 11:04 UTC, Grady
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Description Grady 2022-10-30 11:04:41 UTC
Created attachment 153319 [details]
This did not help identify anything lol

SUMMARY
Right now the Identify button in the Display Configuration settings UI is not very helpful in a situation where a user has monitors that are of identical brand and model.

Because the Identify button will display a text box across all monitors displaying the device ID of each monitor... 

... which means, when all the monitors are of identical make and model, all monitors will display the same text.

Which doesn't help the user much in identifying which monitor in the dropdown list/layout window is which. :D

I attached an image of an example, my own three monitor setup, where I have three monitors all of identical make and model and the text that displays on each screen.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have 2 or more monitors of identical make and model.
2. Click Identify in the Display Configuration UI

OBSERVED RESULT
On my three monitor setup? Three labels with identical text on each monitor!

EXPECTED RESULT
Numbers would be nice.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
OS: Manjaro
Kernel: 5.15.74-4-MANJARO
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0
Qt Version: 5.15.6

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I don't know
Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2022-10-30 11:34:08 UTC
Thank you for the bug report!

Please note that Plasma 5.25.5 is not supported for much longer by KDE; supported versions are 5.24, and 5.26 or newer.

If at all possible please upgrade to a supported version and verify that the bug is still happening there.

If you're unsure how to do this, contact your distributor about it.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2022-10-31 23:03:30 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 419494 ***