Splash screen divided with dual monitors

[nathansizemore]

When opening the IDE on Linux with dual monitors, the splash windows is centered between the two monitors instead of the center of any one monitor

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
Release:    15.04
Codename:   vivid

[NicoHood]

I have the same issue, but never noticed it as bug. Another more important bug is, that the graphical interface totally glitches when a screen is (un)plugged.

Edit: Just checked again and doesnt happen with 1.6.6. It might be because I use two different size Monitors right now. I switch a lot of monitors (laptop, 4:3 and 2x16:9) and I remember that I had this issue with one combination.

[nathansizemore]

I'm using 2 16:9s.

I doubt it's the intended placement behavior, which is why I reported it as a bug.

[matthijskooijman]

Another more important bug is, that the graphical interface totally glitches when a screen is (un)plugged.

@NicoHood, please try to remain on-topic with your comments. If you think this is another important bug - report it as such. We can't properly track down bugs that are mentioned in off-topic comments, and they cloud the original report.

@nathansizemore Agreed that this is a bug, though I suspect that fixing it might need more work than the Arduino team can spare for such a minor issue. If you, or anyone else, can figure this out and submit a pullrequest to fix this, that would be nice. I'll leave it up to the devs to decide if they want to have a look at this, or just leave the bug.

[nathansizemore]

@matthijskooijman Understandable. If I get enough free time in the coming weeks, I'll get it taken care of and send a PR

[ffissore]

It's a known issue. Its source is the use of java -splash commad line param, which is buggy and unmaintained since the introduction of JavaFX. Proposed solutions all end with coding your own splashscreen implementation. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1968880/center-java-splash-screen-on-multi-monitor

[ijash]

is this still a thing? i still got the problem on linux mint 19

[facchinm]

is this still a thing? i still got the problem on linux mint 19

It is, any pull request fixing it will be merged immediately :smile:

[pik10]

I have Fedora 35. Arduino IDE installed from Flathub. The splash screen is still divided between two monitors.