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epiphany-browser package

Feature request: Epiphany support multiple screens

Bug #86933 reported by Michael B. Trausch
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Epiphany Browser
Expired
Wishlist
epiphany-browser (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: epiphany-browser

This is similar to Bug #78538, but for Epiphany.

Out of the box, Epiphany handles links and such among different screens better than Firefox does (e.g., if I have Evolution on one screen and click a link, and Epiphany is running on another X screen, it will just open a browser window over there, as opposed to giving an error message), however, it seems impossible to let Epiphany run on all supported X screens, just the one it was originally started on.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? Do you use xinerama? What prevents you to use other screens for epiphany?

Changed in epiphany-browser:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch) wrote : Re: [Bug 86933] Re: Feature request: Epiphany support multiple screens

On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 22:44 +0000, Sebastien Bacher wrote:

> Thank you for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? Do you use
> xinerama? What prevents you to use other screens for epiphany?

The bug is present in Edgy and Feisty.

I do not use Xinerama (there is only one X11 display and one X11 screen
when using Xinerama). I have two screens, :0.0 and :0.1, in dual head
mode.

Epiphany prevents me from using it on both :0.0 and :0.1. If I start it
on :0.0, and I attempt to start it on :0.1, it will merely open another
window on :0.0. This is better than Firefox (which says "No, I don't do
that, thankyouverymuch"), but still less than desirable and not quite
intuitive.

    — Mike

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

marking unconfirmed, to work on and forward to GNOME bug tracker by somebody having a such setup available

Changed in epiphany-browser:
status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Upstream bug on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112779

Changed in epiphany-browser:
status: Unconfirmed → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in epiphany-browser:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in epiphany-browser:
status: New → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in epiphany-browser:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in epiphany-browser:
status: Confirmed → Expired
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