https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360698
Bug ID: 360698
Summary: Inform user that they must select a display in order
to change its settings
Product: systemsettings
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: psychon...@nothingisreal.com
The "Display Configuration" section of the "Display and Monitor" module
initially divides the window into two main areas. At the top is a diagram of
the monitor layout. At the bottom is a large blank area. (See attached
screenshot.) The only obvious actions available to the user are to set the
primary display and to unify monitor outputs. There does not seem to be any
way of setting the display resolution, orientation, refresh rate, etc.
The problem is that the user must first select a display from the upper part of
the window; only then do the display options appear. However, it is not
immediately obvious that this diagram is interactive as opposed to static. I
have observed several users leaving the "Display Configuration" section in
frustration at not finding any way of changing the resolution.
I suggest the problem can be solved in one of two ways:
1. When the "Display Configuration" section is first displayed and no display
has been selected yet, the blank area in the bottom half of the window should
instead have the following message: "Select a display to change its settings."
2. When the "Display Configuration" section is first displayed, the system
should automatically select one of the displays (preferably the primary
display) so that its settings are immediately displayed.
I am using System Settings 4.11.20 on KDE 4.14.9 as packaged by openSUSE 13.2.
Reproducible: Always
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