Problems with dual monitor

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Problems with dual monitor

Postby boolean » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:10 pm

Hi, i'm coming from Windows7 and Illustrator, but recently I've migrated to Ubuntu 10.10 and I'm trying Inskscape as substitute of Illustrator.

I usually work with dual monitor, then I move all the tool-boxes of inkscape to the second monitor.
And then when I restart inkscape all my desktop configuration disapears.... and restarts in a little window in the main monitor again....

Is it possible to save the settings of monitors in the Inkscapoe as illustrator do?

THX

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Re: Problems with dual monitor

Postby brynn » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:06 am

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Welcome boolean!

I know very little about using dual monitors. But there IS a setting in Inkscape Preferences > Windows > Saving Windows Geometry. Here you can have Inkscape remember the windows size and position (or not). I don't know if it will help, but I wanted to mention it :D

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Re: Problems with dual monitor

Postby boolean » Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:43 pm

Thanks brynn,.... i'll try this and I'll tell you ;)

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Re: Problems with dual monitor

Postby prkos » Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:39 pm

Saving the dialogues positions and configuration isn't yet possible, although it's a frequently requested feature.
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Re: Problems with dual monitor

Postby brynn » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:19 am

But if the dialogs are not docked, aren't they essentially "windows", and therefore affected by that setting in Prefs?

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Re: Problems with dual monitor

Postby prkos » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:23 pm

That's an interesting observation, but I just tested and dialogues aren't treated the same as the main window. Only the main window is affected by the window geometry setting.
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Re: Problems with dual monitor

Postby brynn » Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:36 am

Thanks prkos, that IS interesting, lol! ....interesting.....must be something in the coding, I guess?


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