Test driving Docky, Plank and Cairo docks on dual monitor setup [Solved]

[danielson]

Anyone else have issues with these docks?

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Docky loaded on non-default monitor.

Plank loaded on default external monitor (but can't find options for it).

Cairo loaded on default but not on reboot.
-exit and restart app. made it go to default monitor.

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Did not try exit/restart Docky to see if it would go to default monitor.

[kc1di]

I've also tried all three of the docks you've mentioned. Docky and Cairo never worked well for me with xfce. But plank works ok.
you access the setting in plank by hitting Ctrl and right click on the panel. It will bring up the control for the panel.

[danielson]

Thanks for the tip on Plank, i would have never known where to find it!

p.s. just to contradict me, another reboot showed Cairo on default as expected.

[JmaCWQ]

Anyone else have issues with these docks?

Yes, all of them.
After spending a lot of time messing with all 3 of them I ended up just creating multiple Panels to suit my needs, never have an issue now.
Plank seemed to be the one I had the least issues with on my setup, which is a laptop with it's screen disabled, using an external monitor.
I've found Xfce's display function with a single screen on either laptop or desktop works fine, but it just can't get it right on dual monitor setups, sometimes it does, mostly it doesn't.

[danielson]

It's consoling to know i'm not the only one on the planet!

Conky always goes to non-default at startup.
It's so beautiful, i don't mind having to move it manually.