https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411005
Bug ID: 411005
Summary: Dual-monitor: Windows and dialogue windows opening on
"wrong" monitor, and not remembering/respecting size
and position
Product: kwin
Version: 5.16.4
Platform: Kubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: multihead
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: kiwim...@runbox.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 122195
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=122195&action=edit
Kate, opened and positioned
SUMMARY
When using multiple monitors, windows keeps resetting their size and position
each time they're closed and reopened.
E.g. Kate. On a one monitor setup, I don't need to specify any special window
or application settings for it to remembet size/position.
When I plug in a second monitor, it keeps resetting. Even if I set a size, then
use "Special Window Settings > Size & Position > Remember" it still seems to
'forget' these settings when closed.
In my case with Kate, it goes from my setting covering 1/3 or 1/2 my 3440x1440
screen, to a size of approx 15 cm in the lower left-hand corner. This happens
each time I close and re-open it.
With LibreOffice I have an issue where dialogue windows, e.g. Format Options
(ctrl+1) openes on the other monitor. Many other apps also opens on the 'other'
monitor from where they were last used and where their other windows are
located.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE, example "Kate"
1. Plug in secondary monitor.
2. Open app, e.g. Kate.
3. Resize and position
4. Close Kate.
5. Open Kate.
OBSERVED RESULT
App [e.g. Kate] opens in 'wrong' size, in a 'wrong' place.
EXPECTED RESULT
Apps should open in the size and in the location/monitor they were closed
(unless ofc there are special Forced location/size settings).
STEPS TO REPRODUCE, example "LibreOffice"
1. Plug in secondary monitor.
2. Open LibreOffice.
3. Select cell. Open Format dialogue (ctrl+1)
OBSERVED RESULT
Dialogue window opens on the other monitor.
EXPECTED RESULT
Apps, and their dialogue windows, should open on the monitor on which their
parents are, and in the location they were put last time used (unless ofc there
are special Forced location/size settings).
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SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 19.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.60.0
Qt Version: 5.12.2
Kernel Version: 5.0.0-25-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Memory: 31,4 GiB of RAM
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
There does seem to be some inconsistency to the behaviour. Dolphin seems to,
mostly, open where it's supposed to. Firefox sometimes goes to the wrong
monitor, but sometimes not... Mostly it seems that apps want to open on the
secondary monitor instead of the main monitor. Possibly have apps open on the
monitor from which they were started (e.g. via a taskbar setting)?
I have this happening with my two different dual-monitor setups:
1: [PC monitor, 3440x1440, horizontal][4K TV]
2: [PC monitor, 1200x1920, vertical][PC monitor, 3440x1440, horizontal]
I was unsure if I should make these two examples separate reports, but to me
they seem to relate to the same issue, and I don't want to fill the bug tracker
unnecessarily. If they should be separate, do tell, and I'll make it so:)
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