| [08:44] <Saviq> JohnLea, hey, a question about MM changes, we're missing the case when there are two screens on top of each other | |
| [08:45] <Saviq> JohnLea, are you aware that you can actually drag the black bar between the screens in the Displays settings? | |
| [08:45] <Saviq> that changes the primary display | |
| [08:46] <Saviq> I wonder if we should maybe leverage that (gnome-shell does that) | |
| [08:46] <Saviq> so instead of saying "on leftmost monitor only", say "on primary monitor only" | |
| [08:46] <Saviq> swilson, I'll repeat for you as you're probably interested, too | |
| [08:47] <Saviq> <Saviq> JohnLea, hey, a question about MM changes, we're missing the case when there are two screens on top of each other | |
| [08:47] <Saviq> <Saviq> JohnLea, are you aware that you can actually drag the black bar between the screens in the Displays settings? | |
| [08:47] <Saviq> that changes the primary display | |
| [08:47] <Saviq> I wonder if we should maybe leverage that (gnome-shell does that) | |
| [08:47] <Saviq> <Saviq> so instead of saying "on leftmost monitor only", say "on primary monitor only" | |
| [08:53] <swilson> Saviq: Hi there. Yep, I know about the draggable black bar, but not sure users would easily make the association that the Primary display is the one with the black bar in the Displays panel | |
| [08:53] <Saviq> swilson, sure, that would have to be more discoverable | |
| [08:53] <swilson> But agree with the problem that we are otherwise allowing the system to make an arbitrary choice for the user if both displays are left-most | |
| [08:53] <Saviq> swilson, we could have a drop-down of screens to say which is primary | |
| [08:53] <Saviq> (probably) | |
| [08:54] <swilson> We want to avoid the user having to know about the concept of a Primary display as much as possible... | |
| [08:54] <swilson> ...so instead we could offer a list of displays in the Launcher position drop-down, along with the option All Displays | |
| [08:54] <Saviq> yup | |
| [08:54] <Saviq> wanted to write just that | |
| [08:55] <Saviq> as it is now we're completely ignoring the "a above b" scenario | |
| [08:55] <Saviq> when there's no single "left-most" screen | |
| [08:56] <Saviq> another question that's not answered in the doc, what do we do with the dash showing on non-launcher screen? display it along the left edge of current screen? | |
| [08:58] <swilson> good question. also need to think about how to dismiss a fullscreen dash on a display without a launcher | |
| [08:58] <swilson> will have a think through that one, chat with John this morning and then update the modifications document | |
| [08:59] <Saviq> swilson, thanks, cheers | |
| [09:00] <swilson> Saviq: thanks for the catches BTW! If you find any others let me know | |
| [09:00] <Saviq> swilson, will do | |
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| [10:30] <Saviq> swilson, hey there's another question that needs answering then, if we limit the launcher / dash / hud to just one screen by default | |
| [10:30] <Saviq> swilson, what about the top panel? | |
| [10:32] <Saviq> and JohnLea a question to you, what about the spread (I'm assuming it's still supposed to be on all screens) | |
| [10:32] <swilson> Saviq: we will keep the top panel on each display | |
| [10:32] <Saviq> but should it fill the space that's normally taken by the launcher when the launcher isn't there? | |
| [10:32] <swilson> the HUD will continue to appear on the display in focus | |
| [10:32] <swilson> same with keyboard shortcuts overlay | |
| [10:32] <JohnLea> Saviq; and windows will continue to spread on the monitor on which they reside | |
| [10:32] <Saviq> swilson, ok, will that end up in the gdoc? | |
| [10:33] <swilson> yep, i will make that explicitly clear | |
| [10:33] <swilson> spreads still appear on all displays | |
| [10:33] <Saviq> and the spread will cover the space that'd otherwise be taken by the launcher? | |
| [10:38] <JohnLea> Saviq: yes. Wait until we have the bugs reported before doing anything, we will send you a email when the change is ready go | |
| [10:39] <swilson> yes, spread takes up the full display for the launcher-on-one-display case | |
| [10:39] <Saviq> JohnLea, swilson, ok, just trying not to miss anything, thanks :) | |
| [10:40] <JohnLea> thx for your questioning, we now have some extra clarifications to add to the doc ;-) | |
| [10:40] <swilson> Saviq: no worries, very useful to tease out all the cases we need to cover | |
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| [15:22] <JohnLea> testtest; ping | |
| [15:22] <testtest> JohnLea; ping | |
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