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    Hi,

    Has Qt any functions to enumerate the displays on a system and to force an application to start on the first or second display?

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    Òscar Llarch i Galán

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    Default Re: Selecting screen on the application starts

    QApplication::desktop ()->numScreens () gets number of screens. I suppose that you should keep digging QDesktopWidget reference to do what you want
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    Default Re: Selecting screen on the application starts

    Hi,

    Thanks, I was searching for "display", "screen" and had not think on "desktop".
    Òscar Llarch i Galán

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    Default Re: Selecting screen on the application starts

    Hi,

    The problem is, how can I force my application to start to the second display?

    I'm creating an application that have no frame, so it can't be moved by mouse to the other display.

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    Òscar Llarch i Galán

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    Default Re: Selecting screen on the application starts

    Hi,

    Qt Code:
    1. myMainWindow mainWindow(app.desktop()->screen(iScreen));
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    I can take the desktop as a widget an set it as the parent of my QMainWindow.

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    Default Re: Selecting screen on the application starts

    Hi,

    I have a problem,
    The problem is that "isVirtualDesktop" is returning me true, and the number of screens return me 2.
    Qt Code:
    1. bool b = app.desktop()->isVirtualDesktop(); //true
    2. QWidget* pDesktop0 = app.desktop()->screen(0);
    3. QWidget* pDesktop1 = app.desktop()->screen(1);
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    pDesktop0 and pDesktop1 point to the same memory data.
    Òscar Llarch i Galán

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    Default Re: Selecting screen on the application starts

    Hi,

    Finally I solved this problem on Virtual Desktops:

    Qt Code:
    1. QRect qAvGeometry = app.desktop()->availableGeometry(0);
    2. //Move the MainWindow to left by horizontal pixels(horizontal resolution)
    3. mainWindow.move((iScreen-1)*(qAvGeometry.width()+1),0);
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