My laptop's resolution is low, and some programs cannot display their content normally in a small window. Is possible to expand one window over two or multiple virtual desktops?
Expand one window over two virtual desktops on KDE
kdevirtual-desktopwindow-management
Best Answer
It's an unwieldy feature to switch on and off (you have to restart X to do it), but you may be interested in setting up a so-called "virtual viewport". This creates a virtual display area larger than your physical display which automatically (and slightly annoyingly >.>) pans itself around when you move the mouse toward the edges/corners of the screen. It can be distracting, but it'd certainly let you open windows of any size you like - and you might even get used to the constant panning (!) :P
Once you've setup an
xorg.conf
file as per your distribution's instructions (newer Linux distributions do not ship with one, leaving X to figure itself out, which it can typically do now), locate theDisplay
SubSection
and add aVirtual
line in with the resolution you want, egto the requisite part of your
xorg.conf
. Restart X, and your screen should be "virtually" bigger :PTo turn it off... you comment out the "
Virtual ...
" line so it reads "#Virtual ...
", then restart X. Like I said, unwieldy to switch on/off.Examine the
xorg.conf
manpage (yes, there's one with that name) for further low-level reading or google "x11 virtual viewport" for somewhat less terse information :PProbably the two most salient/relevant bits of info from that manpage are the
ViewPort
parameter, which specifies the starting pan-point of the screen (the default is to center the virtual screen into your physical display), and that the first parameter toVirtual
must be a multiple of 8 or 16 - if you specify a non-multiple you'll most likely discover X has rounded it up or down for you - so it fits the graphics card's requirements.