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Bring Window to the 2nd Monitor

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    cbens
    wrote on 16 Apr 2025, 14:57 last edited by
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    I have 2 Monitors and want to put a Window to let's say Monitor 2. The following Example works perfect compiled with Qt 5.15.2. The window appears on the monitor I defined. But with Qt 6.7.3 it always appears on the Monitor I started the Application from.
    (Using Rocky 9.4 Linux, Gnome 40.4, Wayland)

    import QtQuick 2.15
    import QtQuick.Window 2.15
    
    Window {
        screen: Qt.application.screens[1]   // Monitor to show Window
    
        x: screen.virtualX
        y: screen.virtualY
    
        width: 640
        height: 480
        visible: true
        title: qsTr("Hello World")
    }
    
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      cbens
      wrote on 24 Apr 2025, 12:44 last edited by
      #2

      In the meantime I have found a workaround which only works for full screen.

      Window {
          width: 640
          height: 480
          visible: false
          title: qsTr("Hello World")
      
          //x: 0   // Show on left Monitor
          x: 2000   // Show on right Monitor
      
      
          Component.onCompleted: {
              showFullScreen()   // show Window on left or right Monitor (depending on x)
              //showMaximized()  // shows window always on Monitor where I started the app
              //showNormal()   // shows window always on Monitor where I started the app
              //show()         // shows window always on Monitor where I started the app
          }
      }
      

      (Same on RockyLinux 9.5 and Qt 6.8.3)

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        cbens
        wrote 27 days ago last edited by
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        Same with Fedora 42, Gnome 48

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        • C cbens
          27 days ago

          Same with Fedora 42, Gnome 48

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          JonB
          wrote 27 days ago last edited by
          #4

          @cbens
          Because there are so many issues with window positioning under Wayland, did you try switching to xcb to see whether it works there?

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            cbens
            wrote 24 days ago last edited by
            #5

            You're right, thanks. Running with paramter "-platform xcb" works. (Then, of course, it is no longer Wayland)

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