Multi Display Lockscreen

Login/unlock behaviour with multiple displays.

Use Cases

• Laptop is attached to a TV or projector. User is using a remote keyboard/mouse to control it. (For example, being in the audience while showing a slideshow or video.)
• Multiple desktop displays with multiple users. Each user configures a different primary display.
• User looking at a secondary monitor, hitting keybindings to lock, and the controls are now in a different display

Relevant Art

Windows 10

Mac

Discussion

Original IRC discussion

Ideas:

• Greeter will initially be shown on the display in focus (MarcoTrevisan).

  • Then it will follow the mouse cursor across displays
  • Or can be moved by using the Super+number keyboard shortcuts.

Tentative Design

Comments

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