https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447921
Bug ID: 447921
Summary: With "Window Placement" "Minimal Overlapping", kwin
prefers overlapping on the same screen then using
another empty screen
Product: kwin
Version: git master
Platform: Neon Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: minor
Priority: NOR
Component: multi-screen
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: o...@geek.co.il
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Setting "Window Management" -> "Window Behavior" -> "Advanced" -> "Window
Placement" to "Minimal Overlapping", kwin will not take advantage of multiple
screens and will always place the new window in the screen where the mouse is,
even when it will overlap existing windows and another screen is completely
empty (it will always prefer same screen for other placement options, but for
most others it actually makes sense).
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have more than one screen connected, and set "Window Placement" to "Minimal
Overlapping". If you plan to test with a KDE application, also turn off "allow
apps to remember the positions" - or test with non-KDE apps, for example:
Firefox.
2. Without any windows showing on the current virtual desktop, open a window
(for example - Firefox) and maximize it on one of the screens.
3. Open a new window (for example - in Firefox press CTRL+N).
OBSERVED RESULT
The new window covers the existing window.
EXPECTED RESULT
The new window should open on another screen.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
With the above repro process, if instead of maximizing the window, I tile to to
half the screen - the new window appears correctly in the other half of the
screen.
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