Windows always open across monitors in a multi-monitor setup
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have a laptop (Dell XPS 13 9300) connected to an external USB-C monitor (Dell U2719DC).
Ubuntu 21.10 Impish is installed, although this problem existed under Ubuntu 21.04 too.
If I log in using Wayland (the default), the initial window position of any app is always in the middle (half on the internal display and half on the external monitor). No setting that I have found appears to be able to change this behavior.
If I switch to Xorg, this problem does not exist. With Xorg, the app window always opens on the primary monitor (the external one, in my case). This is the preferred behavior.
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu70
Architecture: amd64
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CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DisplayManager: gdm3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-18 (487 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
Package: gnome-shell 40.5-1ubuntu2
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
Tags: impish wayland-session
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-19-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-14 (3 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
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