[FusionDev] [Bug 913] Placement of windows on multi-monitor setups with mouse focus model

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http://bugs.opencompositing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=913


Danny Baumann <maniac at opencompositing.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |maniac at opencompositing.org
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED




--- Comment #1 from Danny Baumann <maniac at opencompositing.org>  2008-04-27 16:07:22 ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> New windows open on the monitor where the user clicked on the desktop. So, if I
> click on the desktop on the right monitor, new windows will open there, even if
> the mouse pointer is on the left monitor.
> 
> But heck, I'm using focus follows mouse pointer model and I don't want to click
> every time I want a window on the other monitor!
> I want to move the mouse pointer to the other monitor, then hit a hotkey and
> have the application appear there.
> Even if I did not use the mouse focus model, I'd rather like to open the
> windows on the monitor where the mouse pointer is at.
> 
> No offense meant, but this is pretty much standard behaviour in all other
> window managers I've tried, so please, why isn't there such an option in
> compiz? It's one of the reasons why I am still mainly using fluxbox etc.
> instead of compiz.

1) There is no need for rhetorical questions etc.
2) The behaviour you're requesting is already implemented as of now, namely in
this commit:
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/app/compiz.git;a=commit;h=0812a5aa96c592bebb00c6c5c6f4924c2de32893 


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