Bug 499709 - No way to keep multiple panels in sync (e.g. across multiple monitors)
Summary: No way to keep multiple panels in sync (e.g. across multiple monitors)
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 446654
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Panel (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.3.0
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-02-09 04:01 UTC by Grant Gryczan
Modified: 2025-02-09 08:29 UTC (History)
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Description Grant Gryczan 2025-02-09 04:01:42 UTC
On Windows, multiple monitors share the same panel by default. This functionality is very convenient so you don't have to move your cursor farther to click a program in the panel, turn your head to see the current time, etc. Plasma does not do this by default. Not that it should, but it doesn't offer ever the option.

Currently, the only built-in way to recreate this behavior is to add a new panel to each monitor, manually recreating each of the widgets and setting all of their individual configuration options identically to how they're set on the previous monitor. This is incredibly tedious. Furthermore, if you ever change a configuration option, pin a new application to the task manager widget, or do anything else with the panel's widgets, then you have to manually replicate it on every monitor. I have 3 monitors, so this gets old fast. The point of having identical panels on each monitor--convenience--is defeated by how difficult, time-consuming, and easy to mess up this is.

It would be great to make it easy to duplicate a panel to other monitors and keep them synced. Its configuration (except for its position, obviously), all of its widgets, and all of its widgets' configurations would always be kept the same between synced panels. I was very surprised to find this isn't even an option, considering it's the default on Windows (for good reason, I'd argue).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Comment 1 Grant Gryczan 2025-02-09 06:48:18 UTC
Re-tested on Plasma 6.3, and I'm impressed to find there is now an option to clone the panel! This helps greatly, but I still have to re-clone it every time I make a change. I think it would be ideal if there were simply another button (or a down arrow expanding on the clone option) to both clone & sync a new panel.
Comment 2 Filip 2025-02-09 06:54:19 UTC
Hey, That's right In Plasma 6.3.0, you will be able to manually clone a panel.

Sorry, automatic sync is still not in scope for the panel.
Comment 3 Grant Gryczan 2025-02-09 07:20:40 UTC
Hm, why is that? (If you're referring to a discussion already having taken place regarding this previously, could you link it?)
Comment 4 Filip 2025-02-09 07:40:13 UTC
Here is a comment from Niccolo, maintainer of the panel: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446654#c42

It's just too complex at the moment.
Comment 5 Grant Gryczan 2025-02-09 08:29:01 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 446654 ***