Bug 131068 - Presentation does not show on external display, but on main display (Mac)
Summary: Presentation does not show on external display, but on main display (Mac)
Status: RESOLVED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.4.1.2 release
Hardware: All macOS (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2020-03-02 10:38 UTC by thdeppner
Modified: 2020-05-03 11:36 UTC (History)
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1: LO window on main screen, editing the presentation. (1.22 MB, image/png)
2020-03-27 21:14 UTC, thdeppner
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2: main screen after starting the presentation with LO window on main screen (120.98 KB, image/png)
2020-03-27 21:16 UTC, thdeppner
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3: main screen after dragging LO window to second screen and starting presentation (982.75 KB, image/png)
2020-03-27 21:16 UTC, thdeppner
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4: second screen after dragging LO window to second screen and starting presentation (483.36 KB, image/png)
2020-03-27 21:16 UTC, thdeppner
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Description thdeppner 2020-03-02 10:38:55 UTC
Description:
LO 6.4.1.2, Mac OS 10.15.3

When starting a presentation with the LO window on my main (laptop) screen, the presentation does not show on the connected external screen, but on the main screen "in front" of the Presenter Console (which can be seen by using Mac OS's "Mission Control" screen) and with a distorted resolution (I assume it's the resolution of the external screen).

Workaround: When moving the main window to the external screen and starting the presentation, everything works as expected (presenter console on main screen, presentation on external screen). However, this way the audience sees the open file and I can't edit it "in the background" while the presentation is running or open other LO files easily while the presentation is running.

I'm pretty sure this bug is rather recent; I did not use Impress for a couple of months but did not have any problems in December '19.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect to an external screen
2. Open an LO Impress file
3. Have the presenter console enabled (default)
4. Start presentation (hit F5)

Actual Results:
Presentation opens on main screen "in front of" presenter console; resolution is distorted.

Expected Results:
Presentation opens on external screen while main screen shows presenter console. 


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 6.4.1.2
Build-ID: 4d224e95b98b138af42a64d84056446d09082932
CPU-Threads: 4; BS: Mac OS X 10.15.3; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: osx; 
Gebietsschema: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI-Sprache: de-DE
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Timur 2020-03-06 18:46:45 UTC
Please check display settings in Slide Show menu
Please alo test with master 7.0+ from https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/current.html.
Comment 2 thdeppner 2020-03-06 22:42:05 UTC
Display settings in slide show menu are set to "Auto External (Display 2)" (in German: "Automatisch extern (Bildschirm 2)").

Same behaviour on LO 7.0 Dev, I'm afraid - just tested with:

Version: 7.0.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: acf66b7258adfbb5bbbe3ede0cb4b420ad76db32
CPU threads: 4; OS: Mac OS X 10.15.3; UI render: default; VCL: osx; 
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 3 Ahmad Haris 2020-03-27 09:58:56 UTC
Hi,

I can't reproduce this on my machine. By default, presentation show in my extended monitor.

Version: 6.4.2.2
Build ID: 4e471d8c02c9c90f512f7f9ead8875b57fcb1ec3
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 10.15.3; UI render: GL; VCL: osx; 
Locale: en-ID (en_ID.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 4 thdeppner 2020-03-27 21:14:41 UTC
Created attachment 159077 [details]
1: LO window on main screen, editing the presentation.
Comment 5 thdeppner 2020-03-27 21:15:24 UTC
Hi,

just tested again with 6.4.2.2 on macOS 10.15.4 - same result.

I'm adding 4 screenshots:

1: LO window on main screen, editing the presentation.
2: main screen after starting the presentation with LO window on main screen
3: main screen after dragging LO window to second screen and starting presentation
4: second screen after dragging LO window to second screen and starting presentation

Version: 6.4.2.2
Build-ID: 4e471d8c02c9c90f512f7f9ead8875b57fcb1ec3
CPU-Threads: 4; BS: Mac OS X 10.15.4; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: osx; 
Gebietsschema: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI-Sprache: de-DE
Calc: threaded

Thorsten
Comment 6 thdeppner 2020-03-27 21:16:05 UTC
Created attachment 159078 [details]
2: main screen after starting the presentation with LO window on main screen
Comment 7 thdeppner 2020-03-27 21:16:37 UTC
Created attachment 159079 [details]
3: main screen after dragging LO window to second screen and starting presentation
Comment 8 thdeppner 2020-03-27 21:16:54 UTC
Created attachment 159080 [details]
4: second screen after dragging LO window to second screen and starting presentation
Comment 9 eisa01 2020-05-03 09:48:33 UTC
Very strange, I can't reproduce this

Tested on MBP 13" 2015 and 1920x1200 external screen

Slide show and presenter console show up fine on their respective monitors

I'm on Mojave though, so someone with Catalina should also test

Do you already have LO open before you connect the external screen?

Laptop screen the main screen
Connecting external screen and then LO and presenting: Works
Opening LO and then connecting external screen: Works

External screen the main screen
Connecting external screen and then LO and presenting: Works
Opening LO and then connecting external screen: Works

Version: 6.4.3.5
Build ID: 4db9852e73d9e9d662fc8a2783bace79addf1805
CPU threads: 4; OS: Mac OS X 10.14.6; UI render: default; VCL: osx; 
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 10 thdeppner 2020-05-03 11:24:28 UTC
Thanks for looking into this. I just tested again with another user profile on my macbook and - poof! - everything works fine. 

So, the problem seems to be with my user profile. Strange enough, starting LO in safe mode does not solve the problem. So it's probably not the LO user profile, but something in relation to my mac user profile. However, not a (genuine) LO-problem, it seems.
Comment 11 Timur 2020-05-03 11:36:14 UTC
I understand this can be closed. 
No purpose to have bug that is not reproducible.