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I have 2 displays, a monitor and a TV. The first one I use all the time and it has set as primary in Gnome settings, but a TV is turned on only when watching movies from a sofa. Mainly, everything is going as expected, but some apps opens at the TV which is turned off at the moment, thus, I have to turn it on and drag window to the monitor and it happens all the time with a certain apps, i.e. qBittorrent.

I spent a lot of time with Google but I failed to find a way to let all apps appear on primary display.

linux multiple-monitors gnome gnome3 gnome-shell

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  What is your default display manager?
  
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  Difficult to answer with your restrictions. Some options are "start one Xserver with two screens" (that's how I do it), or "use a window manager that allows you to specify placement", like StartsOnScreen for fvwm2. If the gnome window manager doesn't support it, and you want Xinerama, you are probably out of luck.
  
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I have 2 displays, a monitor and a TV. The first one I use all the time and it has set as primary in Gnome settings, but a TV is turned on only when watching movies from a sofa. Mainly, everything is going as expected, but some apps opens at the TV which is turned off at the moment, thus, I have to turn it on and drag window to the monitor and it happens all the time with a certain apps, i.e. qBittorrent.

I spent a lot of time with Google but I failed to find a way to let all apps appear on primary display.

linux multiple-monitors gnome gnome3 gnome-shell

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asked Oct 12 '16 at 5:24

ozamodazozamodaz

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This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed.

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What is your default display manager?
  
  – Lefty G Balogh
  Apr 26 '17 at 13:17
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Difficult to answer with your restrictions. Some options are "start one Xserver with two screens" (that's how I do it), or "use a window manager that allows you to specify placement", like StartsOnScreen for fvwm2. If the gnome window manager doesn't support it, and you want Xinerama, you are probably out of luck.
  
  – dirkt
  Apr 27 '17 at 12:22
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  but some windows appear on main display (or at least current) @dirkt
  
  – zb'
  Apr 27 '17 at 15:35
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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I have 2 displays, a monitor and a TV. The first one I use all the time and it has set as primary in Gnome settings, but a TV is turned on only when watching movies from a sofa. Mainly, everything is going as expected, but some apps opens at the TV which is turned off at the moment, thus, I have to turn it on and drag window to the monitor and it happens all the time with a certain apps, i.e. qBittorrent.

I spent a lot of time with Google but I failed to find a way to let all apps appear on primary display.

linux multiple-monitors gnome gnome3 gnome-shell

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Kind of old question I guess, but I reckon there are more people with this problem.

I don't think there is a setting to open all programs on the primary display on Gnome.

But as a workaround you can enable workspaces only on the primary display, and make rules for all the programs you want to force to primary.

Start gnome-tweak-tool.

Workspaces -> Turn on "Workspaces only on primary display"

Extensions -> Turn on "Auto move windows"

Press the gear to enter settings, press "Add Rule", choose program and workspace number.

Make a rule for each program you want to display on primary.

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answered Oct 4 '17 at 15:27

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  Just tried on stretch with gnome shell, didn' t work. It keeps opening windows on the secondary monitor.
  
  – Francesco Casula
  Mar 8 '18 at 10:49
  

  
  
  
  


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  First of, did you do this: Workspaces -> Turn on "Workspaces only on primary display" ? Are you sure you have the correct screen as your primary screen? When you add the rule to 'Auto move windows' make sure workspace 1 is selected. When multi monitors are properly aligned and setup, everything opens up on the last screen I used it. Without using any extension. Try adjusting your display positions, try different things, corners of screen matching etc. If I redock my laptop, every screen(3 of them) shows everything just like it was before I unplugged it. Same when I open applications.
  
  – anders
  Aug 5 '18 at 8:27
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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Kind of old question I guess, but I reckon there are more people with this problem.

I don't think there is a setting to open all programs on the primary display on Gnome.

But as a workaround you can enable workspaces only on the primary display, and make rules for all the programs you want to force to primary.

Start gnome-tweak-tool.

Workspaces -> Turn on "Workspaces only on primary display"

Extensions -> Turn on "Auto move windows"

Press the gear to enter settings, press "Add Rule", choose program and workspace number.

Make a rule for each program you want to display on primary.

share|improve this answer

answered Oct 4 '17 at 15:27

andersanders

1766

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Just tried on stretch with gnome shell, didn' t work. It keeps opening windows on the secondary monitor.
  
  – Francesco Casula
  Mar 8 '18 at 10:49
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  First of, did you do this: Workspaces -> Turn on "Workspaces only on primary display" ? Are you sure you have the correct screen as your primary screen? When you add the rule to 'Auto move windows' make sure workspace 1 is selected. When multi monitors are properly aligned and setup, everything opens up on the last screen I used it. Without using any extension. Try adjusting your display positions, try different things, corners of screen matching etc. If I redock my laptop, every screen(3 of them) shows everything just like it was before I unplugged it. Same when I open applications.
  
  – anders
  Aug 5 '18 at 8:27
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

Kind of old question I guess, but I reckon there are more people with this problem.

I don't think there is a setting to open all programs on the primary display on Gnome.

But as a workaround you can enable workspaces only on the primary display, and make rules for all the programs you want to force to primary.

Start gnome-tweak-tool.

Workspaces -> Turn on "Workspaces only on primary display"

Extensions -> Turn on "Auto move windows"

Press the gear to enter settings, press "Add Rule", choose program and workspace number.

Make a rule for each program you want to display on primary.

share|improve this answer

answered Oct 4 '17 at 15:27

andersanders

1766

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Just tried on stretch with gnome shell, didn' t work. It keeps opening windows on the secondary monitor.
  
  – Francesco Casula
  Mar 8 '18 at 10:49
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  First of, did you do this: Workspaces -> Turn on "Workspaces only on primary display" ? Are you sure you have the correct screen as your primary screen? When you add the rule to 'Auto move windows' make sure workspace 1 is selected. When multi monitors are properly aligned and setup, everything opens up on the last screen I used it. Without using any extension. Try adjusting your display positions, try different things, corners of screen matching etc. If I redock my laptop, every screen(3 of them) shows everything just like it was before I unplugged it. Same when I open applications.
  
  – anders
  Aug 5 '18 at 8:27
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Kind of old question I guess, but I reckon there are more people with this problem.

I don't think there is a setting to open all programs on the primary display on Gnome.

But as a workaround you can enable workspaces only on the primary display, and make rules for all the programs you want to force to primary.

Start gnome-tweak-tool.

Workspaces -> Turn on "Workspaces only on primary display"

Extensions -> Turn on "Auto move windows"

Press the gear to enter settings, press "Add Rule", choose program and workspace number.

Make a rule for each program you want to display on primary.

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answered Oct 4 '17 at 15:27

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1766

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answered Oct 4 '17 at 15:27

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