Sure, combining information about input and output devices would be possible to determine the current mode.
The other bugs linked in the description are bugs that need to be fixed anyways. Not entirely related to the small screen. Sure, it is easier to trigger them, the smaller the screen is, but you can trigger them just the same on large screen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1488920 Title: should display hotplug be the only trigger for going in and out of windowed mode Status in canonical-pocket-desktop: New Status in Ubuntu UX: New Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Currently on nexus4 vivid+o + silo0 we have 2 triggers for going in and out of windowed mode use 1) BT mouse 2) hotplug slimport Should we continue with this? or limit the windowed mode to only hotplug of the hdmi ? certainly the windowed mode feels odd when on the local phone screen( as in the case of BT mouse only) using the local screen for windowed mode causes issues like bug 1438465 & bug 1473572 & bug 1488852 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-pocket-desktop/+bug/1488920/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp