Public bug reported: Today when I plugged in my external monitor the Activities bar/clock/etc (is there a name for this?) was on the wrong screen. It took me 20 minutes of plugging/unplugging, restarting X, searching and reading forums until I came across this AskUbuntu post [1]. The answer, to drag the black bar to the other display in Settings > Displays, had been sitting in front of my eyes all along, but apparently unless you've used a Mac (I haven't) it is unreasonable to assume a user would know to do this.
Granted, there is a tooltip that says "Drag to change the primary display." but this is only activated once you have already clicked on the tiny black bar. Perhaps a better UI hint would be useful here to say "Hey, dumbass, drag that very tiny black bar" or something. [1] http://askubuntu.com/questions/113246/permanantly-set-monitor-as- primary ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu43 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 15 10:24:31 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-27 (17 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130903) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: deja-dup 27.3.1-0ubuntu1 ** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1239990 Title: Selecting primary monitor is not intuitive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1239990/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
