I haven’t really looked into this but it would be handy if eg. you wanted to reference something on another virtual desktop whilst working on something in another, then switch back to carry on with what you’re doing. This might save having multiple instances of programs open across desktops, etc.
Sorry if this has been dealt with before, been a bit too tied up to spend much time on here lately.
I don’t believe this is a feature, but this is precisely why we have Kwin scripts. Not sure if one exists, but it is definitely doable. (Not perfectly, just by moving the windows to fake it.)
Interesting ideas, thanks. Unfortunately I don’t know a lot about scripting but I know someone who does!
I suppose an alternative would be to have programs displayed on selected virtual desktops, rather than one or all. That would save obscuring something you might want to check with a focused window.
If this is actually of interest I might suggest it on one of the KDE dev’s channels.
As I run a two monitor setup usi g my laptop screen and an external monitor, I have wondered about this very thing myself. I mean, I have a single monitor mode activity for when I take the laptop on the road.
That is exactly my usage case as well. Having the Display Configurations easily accessible from the panel is very handy for that.
Also, @fasto That is correct. If I want to test out a different DE, I’ll use one of my VirtualBox VMs. Handy if I want to work on someone else’s system as I can familiarize myself with them or refresh my memory.
Apologies for bumping this but thought I’d add that this does indeed work in a Wayland session. You can select whichever desktops you want the program to be displayed on! This works fine for me.