Bug 537959
| Summary: | Cannot move panel between screens (dual head) | ||||||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | David Le Sage <dlesage> | ||||
| Component: | gnome-panel | Assignee: | Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> | ||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | low | ||||||
| Version: | 12 | CC: | ajax, aquarichy, beland, briemers, rstrode | ||||
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Triaged | ||||
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| Hardware: | All | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||
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| Last Closed: | 2010-01-25 15:55:22 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
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Description
David Le Sage
2009-11-16 22:54:44 UTC
Created attachment 369807 [details]
Screenshot showing how panel defaults to the right-most display.
gnome-panel bug, not s-c-d bug. I'll note that my dual-screen setup has GNOME Panel defaulting to the left screen. In this case, the left screen is my primary display (my laptops) and my right screen is the secondary display (a huge CRT). If I swap the screens around logically in gnome display properties, the GNOME panel remains on my primary display, though the applications they hosted switch (so windows on the left screen which was my primary (laptop) screen are now on the left screen which is now my secondary (CRT) and vice versa). So, your bug is actually a fix for an issue of mine: I want the GNOME Panel to stay on the Primary Display, which would be my laptop's, since my keyboard is attached to it. Richard, You are correct in that the right-most display is my laptop, so the panel is indeed on my "primary" display. However, with Fedora 11, if the display was on the left-hand display (my auxiliary LCD) and I removed the laptop from its cradle, the panel was "smart enough" to move to the laptop display. My suggestion would be to make the panel configurable, so that one can decide for one's self which display it is to appear on. Cheers, David Just a couple more thoughts on the logic of this, in response to Richard's comments above: 1. Richard indicates he wants the GNOME Panel to always reside on his primary display (the laptop.) However, for many people, since the GNOME Panel is frequently accessed, it makes sense to have it on the larger, auxiliary LCD display. (This depends on the individual's usage patterns.) 2. Richard may find it convenient to have his laptop to the left of his auxiliary LCD display. However, if one has the mouse plugged into the laptop and one is also right handed, it means the mouse cord will be stretching around the person's keyboard and auxiliary display, meaning that potentially a lot of cable will be in the way of the user. Therefore, as I assert above, enabling the person to configure on which display they want to the GNOME Panel to appear will probably the best option to fit the usability needs of all users. I also get my panel on the "primary" display with gnome-panel-2.28.0-16.fc12.i686, not leftmost or rightmost. It would indeed be very nice to be able to move them between screens; I have no way to create one on my larger monitor unless I disable the smaller one. *** Bug 529398 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Bug 494740 notes that panels *can* be moved with Alt + drag, and I confirmed that this works with gnome-panel-2.28.0-16.fc12.i686. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 494740 *** |