GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 92568
[Solaris multihead] gnome-panel does not span screens when in xinerama mode
Last modified: 2015-03-24 13:00:35 UTC
Gnome SUN beta2 build6 on Solaris sparc 8. Tested on both 1. multihead Ultra60 server 2. Sunray configured to operate in multihead mode When system is brought up in xinerama multihead environment, the gnome-panel does not span both screens. Both the top and bottom panel should, when in a horizontal configuration, span both screens.
Robert: believe it or not it takes quite a bit of code to make it this way. I wasn't closing NOTABUG because I didn't want to implement it or anything :-) I personally think it makes more sense for a panel to not span the logical screen because it seems more like a physical screen utility. Anyway, George originally made it this way a long time ago, so I'm cc:ing him and also usability-maint to get they're input.
Frankly, I have no idea, I've only ever used a multidisplay setup once and that was years ago :) From that experience I would say you certainly might want different panel objects on different displays, but whether or not that's better done with three different panels or one long one I'm not sure. One thing I guess I need to understand is: what happens if I subsequently log into a single-display session? If I'd set up three panels on three displays, do I just lose whatever was on the other two? Or do they now all appear on my single display? What about when I log back into a three-display session again, do they all go back to the right place? Likewise, if I have one really long panel stretching across three displays, and then log into a single display session next time... do I get everything on my panel, but just really, really cramped? :) What about when I then log back into my three-display session again, is it all still cramped onto a single display?
I think you may have hit the nail on the head Calum > One thing I guess I need to understand is: what happens if I > subsequently log into a single-display session? If I'd set up three > panels on three displays, do I just lose whatever was on the other > two? yes, they won't be visible on the single-display ... > Or do they now all appear on my single display? no > What about when I log back into a three-display session again, do > they all go back to the right place? yes, they should all come back just as they were in the multi-display session ... > Likewise, if I have one really long panel stretching across three > displays, and then log into a single display session next time... do > I get everything on my panel, but just really, really cramped? :) yes, they'd be all crammed onto the one panel, > What about when I then log back into my three-display session again, > is it all still cramped onto a single display? yeah, I'd imagine they'd all be still crammed on the single display
In that case it sounds like the current behaviour is probably more useful as things stand, although no doubt we'll get some useful feedback when people start using this stuff for real :)
Okay, closing NOTABUG then