On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Jeff Ebert <455...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Hi Sam, > > Useful input. I have a patch for remmina that specifies the > _NET_WM_FULLSCREEN_MONITORS hint with the number of coordinates of > monitors to both of my monitors (when I had two). > > The binary choice of "fullscreen in one monitor" and "fullscreen across > all monitors" is not too much to ask an application to provide. The > configuration code for my patch is still needed. If anybody wants to > take it on, I will help you get started. > > The general case of NxM monitors in a grid, which is supported by this > hint, is pretty difficult to configure and it is not something that each > application should need to provide. I suggest that it's a desktop > environment function to help the user decide, say, that VNC viewer #1 > should fullscreen across monitors 1&2 and VNC viewer #2 should > fullscreen across monitors 3&4, and mplayer should fullscreen on monitor > #5 only. > > It would be great to have a tool that could modify the hint for any > application. Does anybody know if this is possible and/or being worked > on? I envision a small utility that can set the hint on any running > window with a nice gui to arrange fullscreen windows.
There is no tool as of yet, but I don't see writing one as particularly difficult. Maybe you might want something like this in your application Atom netWmFullscreenMonitors = XInternAtom (display, "_NET_WM_FULLSCREEN_MONITORS"); Window root = RootWindow (ScreenOfDisplay (display)); XEvent msg; msg.message_type = netWmFullscreenMonitors; msg.format = 32; msg.data.l[0] = MonitorId1; msg.data.l[1] = MonitorId1; msg.data.l[2] = MonitorId1; msg.data.l[3] = MonitorId2; msg.data.l[4] = 1; XSendEvent (display, root, msg); That should send a ClientMessage to the root window with that hint, which compiz will receive and process. Next time an application tries to go fullscreen it will fullscreen to those dimensions. > > I might add that in the old days, there would have been a configuration > knob *somewhere* in the WM to let the user choose the default behavior > of _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN. :-| > > Jeff > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz > packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in ubuntu. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455378 > > Title: > Can't resize windows to be displayed on several monitors > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz > Post to : com...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Sam Spilsbury -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455378 Title: Can't resize windows to be displayed on several monitors -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
