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Cannot configure second monitor's wallpaper
Status:
RESOLVED: FIXED
Product:
Xfdesktop
Component:
General

Comments

Description Masato Hashimoto 2013-11-02 15:27:03 CET
Created attachment 5220 
~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/display.xml

When on dualhead system, second monitor's wallpaper configuration doesn't appear on Background tab.

~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/display.xml attached.

Versions:
xfdesktop git/master
xfce4-settings git/master

Build & Platform:
Build 2013-11-02 on Arch Linux (x86_64)
Comment 1 Eric Koegel editbugs 2013-11-02 15:44:29 CET
Does the xfdesktop-settings application show a label like "Wallpaper for 1 on Monitor 0 (VGA1)"? Also does it change when moved to the 2nd monitor?
It should update depending on which monitor/workspace it's on and apply those settings there. This was to prevent clutter with all those possible settings.
Let me know if that doesn't work.
Comment 2 Masato Hashimoto 2013-11-02 16:31:32 CET
Hmm, I understood the behavior.

> Also does it change when moved to the 2nd monitor?

Yes, it is changed.

However, it is difficult to predict and is not easy to use, imho.
 
Previous xfdesktop-settings shows all monitor's configuration on the settings dialog.
It was easer than current one.
Comment 3 Simon Steinbeiss editbugs 2013-11-26 13:21:29 CET
There is an infobar displayed now in xfdesktop's settings that informs the user of this behavior (only shown when there's more than one display connected).

This should make it easier for people to use it.
Comment 4 Eric Koegel editbugs 2014-03-19 18:33:11 CET
With the infobar in place hopefully this
is less confusing even if it's not exactly
what you wanted. Marking resolved

Bug #10460

Reported by:
Masato Hashimoto
Reported on: 2013-11-02
Last modified on: 2014-03-19

People

Assignee:
Eric Koegel
CC List:
4 users

Version

Version:
Unspecified

Attachments

~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/display.xml (1.34 KB, text/xml)
2013-11-02 15:27 CET , Masato Hashimoto
no flags

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