On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 11:48:18AM -0700, Alan wrote: > On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 02:03:45PM -0400, Jason M Sullivan wrote: > > > > I've recently started fooling around with multihead operation on my laptop, > > and I've come across a few UI things that I can't figure out how to do. I > > have a multihead display, but I don't always use the second monitor. This > > leads to the following situation. > > > > When I run in Xinerama mode, I get applications placed on the "other" > > screen, and no way to move them to the main screen without turning them on. > > I can't figure out a way to either.. > > > > a) Disable (or restrict) autoplace. > > b) Use the workspace switcher to drag the app over to the correct > > monitor. > > > Not really a solution, but you can move them by alt-tabbing to the > hidden app, then hitting ctrl-space (activate window menu) and then m > (move) then use the mouse or arrow keys to move the app around. I also found that I can grab the button for the window in the winfow list applet and select "move" from the menu, and be able to move the window over to the visible desktop. I thought of a third oiption, which is to dynamically activate and deactivate dual-head mode in Xinerama, then can extend and retract the desktop on to the other monitor at my whim. Is that currently being worked on? -- //)) Jason M. SULLIVAN jsullivan@xxxxxxxxx |c-oo http://www.jason0x21.org //\_- "That's not music, that's just sound!" - J. David Fries _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
