Defaults: panel on each screen?

[Martin Gräßlin]

On Friday 18 April 2014 14:24:35 Martin Klapetek wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin at kde.org> wrote:
> > On Friday 18 April 2014 13:52:20 Martin Klapetek wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > > 
> > > if there's no plasma config existing, plasma is run for the first time
> > 
> > in a
> > 
> > > multi-screen env, should plasma create a (default) panel on each screen?
> > 
> > thinking out load: if plasma is without config and started in a
> > multi-screen
> > env that means it's also for kscreen the first time. How does kscreen
> > handle
> > this case? Start in clone mode or in extended? If it starts in clone mode
> > it's
> > kind of awkward if the user changes to extended and another panel is
> > created.
> > Maybe even make it difficult to notice whether the command succeeded -
> > still
> > looks like cloned.
> > 
> > If it starts expanded then there's also the possibility that the user
> > might
> > think it's cloned because both screens look the same.
> > 
> > On the other hand having two screens and only a panel on one might seem
> > unpolished. Do we really need all of what is in the panel on both screens?
> > Do
> > we need two launchers? Maybe not. Do we need two tasks applets? if it
> > shows
> > different tasks per screen: yes. Do we need to systrays? Rather no. Do we
> > need
> > two clock? Could be handy. So maybe different configuration per panel
> > makes
> > sense?
> 
> One thing I find annoying is the amount of pixels one has to travel with
> the mouse just to switch a task. Imagine two 24" screens next to each
> other, your taskbar is one the left one and you're dragging the scrollbar
> on some window on the right screen. Then you want to switch tasks using
> mouse (because your hand is not on keyboard) and you have to travel good
> 2500 pixels (around a meter in real length), which involves lots of hand
> and eyes movement. Then if the screen opens on the right screen again, you
> have to travel all the way back.

That's a setup I have but I never really considered it as a problem. I have 
two screens and the only panel is on the absolute left as a vertical panel.

If I don't want to move that far I normally use one of the screen edges to 
activate present windows or desktop grid.

Cheers
Martin
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