GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 640778
Panel properties could let you specify monitor
Last modified: 2020-11-06 20:21:46 UTC
We have some RHEL customers that want to be able to move the panels between monitors via the properties dialog. For them, alt-drag isn't a sufficient solution. Attached is a patch I'm going to put into a RHEL update. I'm not really sure how this patch plays into a gnome 3 world, though. It may not be relevant, and if so, we can just WONTFIX this.
Created attachment 179475 [details] [review] properties: add ability to specify monitor for panel This commit allows you to specify which monitor the panel should go on (along with the already present orientation option).
(In reply to comment #0) > We have some RHEL customers that want to be able to move the panels between > monitors via the properties dialog. For them, alt-drag isn't a sufficient > solution. I have been asked for this, several times. The typical use case is using a monitor attached to a laptop and users want the panel in the external display rather than in the laptop (which is the primary). However, in some cases the users tried to set the primary display in the Monitor Preferences (our XRandR dialog) and the expected the panel in the primary display. Anyway, it is a hidden feature and it is becoming more common to use more than one display. > Attached is a patch I'm going to put into a RHEL update. I'm not really sure > how this patch plays into a gnome 3 world, though. It may not be relevant, > and if so, we can just WONTFIX this. There is a branch for gnome 3, for the fallback mode. Still there are some issues to solve in order to become 'master'.
Created attachment 180944 [details] [review] properties: add ability to specify monitor for panel This commit allows you to specify which monitor the panel should go on (along with the already present orientation option). QE noticed during testing that I was bungling the monitor naming logic. This update mops that up.
Created attachment 182188 [details] [review] properties: add ability to specify monitor for panel This commit allows you to specify which monitor the panel should go on (along with the already present orientation option). This fixes another issue where I was disconnecting the monitors-changed signal handler I set up, appropriately.
halfline: Are there plans to get your patch here in?
same answer as bug 641001 I guess. Depends on the fate of fallback mode. Although even if fallback mode sticks around you could argue this isn't right, since the panel UI should mimic the shell UI.
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