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API for creation of virtual screens
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Allow the creation of virtual screens in KWin. This is beneficial to proper remote control of a session. On X this was possible through xrandr.

Then also needs a proper ui in the screens kcm.

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romangg created this task.Oct 28 2017, 11:20 AM
romangg renamed this task from [kwin] Support for manually adding virtual screens to [kwin] Virtual screens.Oct 28 2017, 11:55 AM
davidedmundson added a subscriber: davidedmundson.Jan 12 2019, 8:59 AM

Allow the creation of virtual screens in KWin.

+1
It's also going to be IMHO the best way to do screen recording of single applications and regions.

Then also needs a proper ui in the screens kcm.

Does it?
kscreen-doctor provides the equivalent to xrandr.

romangg added a comment.Sep 12 2019, 10:53 AM
In T7331#172936, @davidedmundson wrote:

Then also needs a proper ui in the screens kcm.

Does it?
kscreen-doctor provides the equivalent to xrandr.

Ok.

On another note: What's the current state about running KWin without any Screens. KWin just crashes then to my knowledge, see T10016. But I heard different things about that. If it is a problem could Virtual Screens help?

davidedmundson added a comment.EditedSep 12 2019, 11:04 AM

But I heard different things about that.

Kwin's internal QPA now fakes having a screen if there's none. Same as the QtWayland and QtXCB QPAs.
It might be enough to close the crashing task.

romangg renamed this task from [kwin] Virtual screens to API for creation of virtual screens.Sep 12 2019, 11:48 AM
romangg added a project: KWin.