https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=404244
Bug ID: 404244
Summary: Select primary display from display switch window
Product: frameworks-kded
Version: unspecified
Platform: Neon Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: fa...@kde.org
Reporter: aldo-pub...@laposte.net
CC: kdelibs-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Plasma recently added a convenient display switch window which can
automatically pop up when a new monitor was plugged, or just triggered with a
shortcut.
While this new feature is convenient, it is still insufficient because it gives
no option to select what monitor will become the primary display after you
choose to extend current display to some direction.
Why this is important (at least to me): I usually plug a new monitor during one
the following two scenarii:
- scenario 1: when I come to my desk and plug my laptop onto its base station,
to which a 24" monitor is connected. In this scenario, I obviously want the big
external monitor to become the primary display, while the integrated screen of
the laptop will play a secondary role.
- scenario 2: I need to give a lecture or make a presentation. In this
scenario, I will plug a videoprojector to my laptop, but I want all my windows
(including my panels) to stay on the laptop integrated monitor. Only the slides
will be deported to the new display, which *must not* become primary.
PROPOSED NEW FEATURE
Add a checkbox (or any other UI control with similar functionality) on the
display switch window to select whether the new monitor should become the
primary display.
ALTERNATIVE
I believe I remember that in some previous version of Plasma, the display
settings allowed to save current display configuration, and restore it when the
same monitors are plugged again (similarly to the CLI tool autorandr).
Putting this feature back would be an even better solution for half my daily
routine (i.e.: loading the configuration for the 24" monitor on my desk for
scenario 1), but would not be sufficient for scenario 2 (because I can often
make presentations on new, unknown, videoprojectors).
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