SUMMARY Since Plasma 6.4 kscreen no longer shows the screen's manufacturer, model or serial number as long as only a single screen is attached. Unfortunately I also cannot find this information in KInfoCenter. I think for debugging and purely informational purposes it would be helpful to find this information somewhere easily, e.g. as an additional label "Monitor: ..." Depending on the monitor's or beamer's location, it may not be easily to check on the physical device.
Thanks for filing this bug report. Unfortunately there isn't enough information for us to try to figure out what's happening. Please add information about your system as requested in the bug report template. Copy and paste this with the information into a new comment. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. 2. 3. OBSERVED RESULT EXPECTED RESULT SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: (available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window) Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Thanks for your understanding
Dear Tracey, there are no "steps" to reproduce other than opening the Screen KCM, where the top row showing attached screens has been hidden in 6.4+ as long as only a single screen is attached. Frameworks, Qt, etc. is not of relevance for this "wish" report.
Sorry, I was mistaken, this information was already hidden in 6.3 (keyword visible: kcm.multipleScreensAvailable) In 6.3 the top row was already hidden to re-arrange screens: * https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kscreen/-/blob/Plasma/6.3/kcm/ui/ScreenView.qml However the combobox was still shown if I remember and read the qml part correctly. * https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kscreen/-/blob/Plasma/6.3/kcm/ui/Panel.qml#L29 In 6.4 the code has changed a bit and it looks like it shows devices now in a Navigation Scroll View instead of a combobox: * https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kscreen/-/blob/v6.4.3/kcm/ui/main.qml#L301
Sorry, I can't edit Bugzilla Posts. s/However the combobox was still shown if I remember and read the qml part correctly./Same goes for the combobox
I'm also open to move this issue to Info Center. :) Probably it makes more sense there.
Passing along the feature request to the developers
*** Bug 509283 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I think we could keep the navigation tab bar around even with a single display — it would expose the display's name and imply how other displays would be handled later if also connected. Most tab bars don't disappear with only a single item in most of our UI.