https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446654
--- Comment #49 from Niccolò Venerandi <nicc...@venerandi.com> --- (In reply to Maxim from comment #47) > > This could be done, but I'm a bit worried about the consequences it might > > have. What if the user has multiple panels? Should we always clone *all* > > panels from one screen to another? Is that what the user really expects when > > connecting to a new monitor? > > Not always, I think the original idea was to have a setting for a panel to > indicate that it's expected to be mirrored. So the algorithm in the first > iteration could be: > - when a monitor is connected > - for each panel > - does it have the "mirror" flag set? (no by default) > - if not, do nothing > - does the new monitor already have panels? > - if yes, do nothing > - otherwise, clone the panel > > The last bit can be modified, depending on what information is available > internally. The main idea is to prevent cloning panels endlessly on each > connect of the same monitor. I don't know if it's possible to mark a panel > as a clone of another one in its metadata (like an ID) to be checked more > precisely. However, imho, it would already be a major improvement I'll give a look at the code. If it's not too complex, some sort of auto-cloning might be a worthy addition. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
