Details
-
Suggestion
-
Resolution: Fixed
-
P3: Somewhat important
-
5.12.1
-
None
-
Windows
-
e9fd1c6aab (qt/qtbase/dev) e9fd1c6aab (qt/tqtc-qtbase/dev) 2045d02393 (qt/qtbase/6.3) 2045d02393 (qt/tqtc-qtbase/6.3) 3c193fa077 (qt/qtbase/6.2) 3c193fa077 (qt/tqtc-qtbase/6.2)
Description
The documentation for QScreen::name states that "This property holds a user presentable string representing the screen"
This property returns "\\.\DISPLAY1" on Windows 7. Not particularly presentable.
This has been reported several times against the Windows api that Qt uses, so there are a few examples of how this can be 'fixed'. One such example is: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/cede9420-bc64-45e9-867c-f15920fb2c98/c-enumerate-monitor-name-get-same-name-used-in-control-panel-gt-screen-resolution?forum=csharpgeneral
Attachments
Issue Links
- relates to
-
QTBUG-103854 Color dialog appears on wrong screen when using multiple monitors
-
- Closed
-
| For Gerrit Dashboard: QTBUG-74317 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Subject | Branch | Project | Status | CR | V |
| 388759,8 | QScreen_win: retrieve user friendly monitor name | dev | qt/qtbase | Status: MERGED | +2 | 0 |
| 389513,2 | QScreen_win: retrieve user friendly monitor name | 6.3 | qt/qtbase | Status: MERGED | +2 | 0 |
| 389514,2 | QScreen_win: retrieve user friendly monitor name | 6.2 | qt/qtbase | Status: MERGED | +2 | 0 |