https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=365286
Bug ID: 365286
Summary: 90 degree screen rotation causes plasmoids to move,
don't move back if screen returns to original
orientation
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.6.5
Platform: Debian testing
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Desktop Containment
Assignee: se...@kde.org
Reporter: bren...@quantumfurball.net
My workflow involves occasionally turning my screen 90 degrees (e.g. to read a
document or edit a portrait picture), but only temporarily. I use KScreen to
switch the orientation of the display. Plasma helpfully moves the plasmoids I
have on the desktop so that they fit (horizontally) in the new dimensions. When
I'm done, I turn my screen back and change the display orientation back to the
original in KScreen. The plasmoids do not move back to where they were
originally - instead they stay where they were moved to (relative to the left
side of the screen).
I put my plasmoids near the right side of the screen, so they end up shifting
to about the middle, and I have to manually drag them back every time. This is
a pain.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
(0. Assumption: Your display is not square.)
1. Place some plasmoids in various locations (at least one near the right or
bottom edge of the screen).
2. Use KScreen (presumably any xrandr client would also work) to rotate the
display 90 degrees.
3. See on the desktop the positions have changed to fit in the new screen
dimensions.
4. Rotate the display 90 degrees back to the original orientation.
5. See on the desktop Plasma has forgotten the original positions as they have
not changed back.
6. Move all of your plasmoids back to where you put them to begin with...
Actual Results:
Plasmoids are shifted, user is annoyed.
Expected Results:
I think it would be useful for plasmoids positions to be stored independently
for different screen orientations. Then if positions are present for an
orientation Plasma can just use them, and if they're missing, Plasma can
generate them automatically. It also gives the user the ability to tweak things
for each orientation - because how likely is it that automatic repositioning is
going to get things "just right"?
I checked the 5.7 changelog to see if anything seemed to address this, but
spotted nothing.
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