Bug#933959: xfce4-panel: Option to configure panel placement on external monitor only
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On Mon, 2019-08-19 at 15:16 +0200, Pavel Reznicek wrote:
> > I'm not sure I understand the use case here, can you be a little bit more
> > specific?
>
> Sure, sorry for not writing that clearly from the beginning. The use
> case is when one often switches between a "laptop-only" mode
> (typically at home) and a dual-display mode (at work, using both the
> laptop screen and the external monitor). The panel should behave like
> this:
>
> - - when there is an external display, the panel should be shown on
> the external display
> - - when there is no external display plugged, the panel should not be
> shown at all
>
> I.e. the wish is to have panel that appears on any external monitor,
> but never on the laptop screen.
So, if I understand correctly, I think what you want is the concept of primary
monitor:
- - the panel settings should be configured to display on the primary monitor
- - the primary monitor should be the external display when it's plugged
I think that by default the laptop is the primary monitor when an external
display is plugged (because it makes more sense usually, I think) but it's not
forced. You can chose which display is primary in the display settings, and
that should be remembered.
With Xfce 4.14 (soon to be uploaded to unstable) there's even the notion of
“Display profiles” which remembers a configuration and can be re-applied
afterwards.
Regards,
- --
Yves-Alexis
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