Dual Display problems in 12.10 and Raring

[Ric Moore]

On 03/06/2013 05:44 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 6 March 2013 09:04, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> On my three screens, I can put the desktop bars on whatever screen I define
>> as screen0. Or, spread it across all three, which defeats the purpose to me.
>> The nVidia setup tool does that drudgery of setting them up. Is there
>> something similar for Intel? As far as Firefox goes, I have open-under-mouse
>> set, in the Desktop Settings, so I move the cursor QUICKLY to the screen I
>> want as soon as I launch it. Gotta be fast!
>
> When you say desktop bars do you mean the launcher?  If you put the
> launcher on the right hand screen can you put files on the desktop on
> the left hand screen?

I haven't tried (since I have already fought the battle and it's all 
where I want it, SORRY!) I think you would just have to define the right 
screen as screen0 and the desktop icons will go there. Then move the 
launcher bar to the left screen and you should have it ...if that will 
work. <grins> I'm using XFCE, so it's a little more bendable. Yup, the 
panel preferences has a selection of which monitor to use. Just checked. 
I can pick and chose on what monitor to place the panel/launcher.

> If you open, two firefox windows, one on the screen with the launcher
> and one on another screen, give focus to the one without the launcher
> and then click on the FF launcher, which window does the focus go to,
> if either?  In fact what should happen in this case is that it should
> open the Spread (is that the right word) to allow you select which FF
> window you want.

I have focus-under-mouse set. Ric