QML Placces design discussion

[Mark]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Mark <markg85 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin at kde.org> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 13 February 2013 15:58:15 Mark wrote:
>>> Anyway, if you need any information regarding that, please just ask. I
>>> have the setup at home and i can easily compile any patches you have
>>> for me.
>> Best would be to try whether using KScreen improves the situation. If not get
>> in contact with Alex so that KScreen handles the case correctly.
>
> I just tested this. While KScreen is truly a marvelous app, it doesn't
> fix the issue.
> My testcase:
> 1. Open dolphin
> 2. Drag it to the third screen
> 3. Close it (and turn the screen off)
> 4. Open dolphin again
>
> Now it opens on the third screen so you see absolutely nothing. If you
> also happen to have your taskbar set to only show the tasks running on
> your current screen then you just don't see dolphin at all. Like it
> swam away ;)
>
> Adding Alex to CC, perhaps he knows a randr trick to prevent windows
> from opening on monitors that are attached but powered off. Though i
> think the best bet here would be KWin. I am curious though, how can
> you even detect if a monitor is powered on?
>
> Regards,
> Mark

Lol, i just now discover that i not only typed "pager" wrong in the
title, but also completely misspelled it.. I'm very sorry for that.

Lets continue in the other "pager" thread started by Rick.