[jira] [Commented] (GUACAMOLE-288) Add support for multi-monitor connections

["Michael Magill (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-288?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=17308922#comment-17308922 ] 

Michael Magill commented on GUACAMOLE-288:
------------------------------------------

Here are some thoughts I had about how this could be implemented:

1) Create a browser plugin that integrates with guacamole.  I am not a particular fan of the idea, but just throwing it out there as an option that would probably allow for obtaining monitor configuration info to freeRDP and maybe even easily go full screen across multiple monitors

2) The idea that I think has more promise would be to have a button in the main guacamole interface labeled something like "add virtual monitor" that opens a new browser window.  That window wouldn't show much guacamole UI, mainly just "virtual monitor #x" and some basic instructions like "You can move this window to another monitor and press F11 to go full screen".  It would be up to the user to move the virtual monitor windows to their actual monitor and size them appropriately, maybe even one on each monitor in kiosk (F11) mode.  Then when they (re)connect to an RDP session, guacamole could pass each virtual monitor window to FreeRDP as another monitor.

While idea 2 is neither trivial nor a particularly seamless experience, it means you don't have to rely on finding a new API to report what monitors are available, then automatically spawning and placing windows.  I expect dragging between monitors would require dragging until the cursor hits the edge of one monitor, then releasing and grabbing it on the other.  Not a big problem with monitors to the left or right, but could be difficult for monitors above and below.

> Add support for multi-monitor connections
> -----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: GUACAMOLE-288
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-288
>             Project: Guacamole
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: guacamole-client, guacamole-server
>            Reporter: Slava
>            Priority: Minor
>
> Hello,
> I'm wondering if multi monitor support for RDP (and maybe even VNC?) is on Guacamole's roadmap?  Currently, when we RDP to a workstation with multiple displays, we only see the primary display.  Can't find any options in the connection settings to configure multiple monitors.
> I've found a ticket on the old Jira where a developer suggested it may be a trivial fix that involves adding a few flags and then the ticket went quite in 2015...so just wondering if this feature is in fact being added and if there is any ETA for it?
> Thank you



--
This message was sent by Atlassian Jira
(v8.3.4#803005)