On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:25:14 AM Matt Rogers wrote: > So I've read through this several times and, in general, it gets it > right most of the time. However, I have a few questions. > > Does the dialog that pops up when a new display is connected only > displayed when the monitor isn't something that's already been > configured at least one? When the monitor has been configured, the kded will use that configuration instead of popin up the plasmoid
> Why does there even need to be a dialog at all? Why not just activate > the display to the right of the current display and set it to the > preferred resolution? If it needs to be changed, then it can be done > through the KCM. Well, there is no "need" of it, though based on my experience with screen configuration I don't always want to "extend my desktop", so why do it int he first place? With the dialog you get to decide what to do. > The current KCM mockup is too crowded. I don't have a new mockup for > this, but IMHO, it makes more sense to split the KCM up into two tabs. > One with display arrangement, the other with display configurations. > I'll see what I can come up with in the next few days for this but > don't count on anything. You can use evolus Pencil to do it, I will attach to the wikipages the files I did. > Will plasma start recognizing the dual display setup as one giant > screen and set the wallpaper to the new screen to the same as the > current screen? If not, it should. I won't do it since plasma containers scare me a little bit... but that may be nice, yes. > Regarding the force dpi question, we should just "force" the DPI to be > the same as the existing screen so there are no issues with font > rendering between the screens. I don't know if DPI is per screen or waht... is something I have to study :/ Thanks for your feedback :D _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel