<html> <head> <base href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - testxinerama fails under wayland" href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746723#c4">Comment # 4</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - testxinerama fails under wayland" href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746723">bug 746723</a> from <a href="page.cgi?id=describeuser.html&login=jadahl%40gmail.com" title="Jonas Ådahl <jadahl@gmail.com>"> Jonas Ådahl</a> <pre>(In reply to Matthias Clasen from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=746723#c3">comment #3</a>) > (In reply to Jonas Ådahl from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=746723#c2">comment #2</a>) > > > Whats the usual reasons for needing to do gtk_window_move() (including to > > certain outputs), and are there maybe other ways we can expose such > > functionality? > > Use cases that could be relevant: > > - A special purpose application that needs to control on which outputs its > windows go (think trading desk, 3 monitors...). Sounds like 'special > compositor' to me Sounds a bit specialized yes, but I wonder if some kind of "remember my position" and "restore my position" protocol could kind of solve that. It has been discussed before, but no one has come up with a good solution to how to do it so far AFIAK. > > - Click on a link in application A to open a document in another application > - may want to keep the new window on the same monitor ? There has been ideas floating around about a startup notification / controlled positioning kind of protocol that could solve this. > > - Implement a 'open window on other monitor' function inside an app (I think > we're just debating adding 'move to other monitor' in the shell window menu > elsewhere). What would the point of opening the window on some other monitor being?</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are on the CC list for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>