Panel doesn't span monitors

janq0 · 2022-03-19 18:38:33

I'm having problems with my panel configuration. I would like the panel to span both of my monitors, but the "Span monitors" option doesn't seem to work. I cannot drag the panel to the other monitor.

Here is how my desktop currently looks like:

https://i.imgur.com/nel2QX9.png

Panel configuration:

/panels/panel-1/background-style  0
/panels/panel-1/disable-struts    false
/panels/panel-1/enter-opacity     100
/panels/panel-1/icon-size         16
/panels/panel-1/leave-opacity     100
/panels/panel-1/length            100
/panels/panel-1/length-adjust     false
/panels/panel-1/mode              0
/panels/panel-1/nrows             1
/panels/panel-1/output-name       Automatic
/panels/panel-1/plugin-ids        <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/panels/panel-1/position          p=6;x=960;y=15
/panels/panel-1/position-locked   true
/panels/panel-1/size              28
/panels/panel-1/span-monitors     true

Display configuration:

/Default/DisplayPort-0              Samsung Electric Company 24"
/Default/DisplayPort-0/Active       true
/Default/DisplayPort-0/EDID         53985fe4453d9617385fe6d9b0df305001ceb2c2
/Default/DisplayPort-0/Position/X   0
/Default/DisplayPort-0/Position/Y   0
/Default/DisplayPort-0/Primary      false
/Default/DisplayPort-0/Reflection   0
/Default/DisplayPort-0/RefreshRate  60.000000
/Default/DisplayPort-0/Resolution   1920x1080
/Default/DisplayPort-0/Rotation     0
/Default/DisplayPort-0/Scale/X      1.000000
/Default/DisplayPort-0/Scale/Y      1.000000
/Default/HDMI-A-0                   Acer Technologies 24"
/Default/HDMI-A-0/Active            true
/Default/HDMI-A-0/EDID              0d984c46b22db02c5fcac99122e1c354bde26c96
/Default/HDMI-A-0/Position/X        1920
/Default/HDMI-A-0/Position/Y        0
/Default/HDMI-A-0/Primary           false
/Default/HDMI-A-0/Reflection        0
/Default/HDMI-A-0/RefreshRate       60.000000
/Default/HDMI-A-0/Resolution        1920x1080
/Default/HDMI-A-0/Rotation          0
/Default/HDMI-A-0/Scale/X           1.000000
/Default/HDMI-A-0/Scale/Y           1.000000

I'm not sure what's going on. Any help would be appreciated.

Last edited by janq0 (2022-03-19 18:40:38)

ToZ · 2022-03-20 00:23:18

Hello and welcome.

Can you post back your xrandr output:

xrandr

...as well as the output when running xfce4-panel in debug mode:

xfce4-panel -q
PANEL_DEBUG=all xfce4-panel

Which distro and version of Xfce are we dealing with?
nvm - looks like 4.16 with CSD window.

Last edited by ToZ (2022-03-20 00:25:31)

janq0 · 2022-03-20 17:23:11

ToZ wrote:

Can you post back your xrandr output:
xrandr

https://pastebin.com/vZ4midgg

ToZ wrote:

...as well as the output when running xfce4-panel in debug mode:
xfce4-panel -q
PANEL_DEBUG=all xfce4-panel

https://pastebin.com/PKyS8PjA

ToZ · 2022-03-20 17:46:53

Hmm. Interesting.

First, xfce4-panel recognizes your monitor layout:

xfce4-panel(display-layout): 0x558f5df7aa80: display=:0.0{comp=true}, screen-0[0x558f5dd3c020]=[3840,1080]{comp=true, sys=0x558f5dd4d0f0, rgba=0x558f5dd55ca0} (DisplayPort-0=[0,0;1920,1080], HDMI-A-0=[1920,0;1920,1080])

But, for some reason, it sets its working area to only the width of one monitor:

xfce4-panel(positioning): 0x558f5df7aa80: working-area: screen=0x558f5dd3c020, x=0, y=0, w=1920, h=1080

Looks like a bug. I looked into existing bug reports and found this one. There probably is a bug here, and feel free to post to the bug report, but the original bug reporter was able to work around the issues by deleting and recreating the panel.

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#1 2022-03-19 18:38:33

Panel doesn't span monitors

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Re: Panel doesn't span monitors

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