Arduino IDE thinks I have 1 monitor, but I have 3 and the IDE appears cut in half on main monitor

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So, I've just installed the IDE using KDE Discover. I'm using an Arch-based distro with KDE as my Desktop Manager.

Upon launching the IDE, the splashcreen is cut in 2 parts, the left-side of the splashcreen appears on the upper-right part of the main monitor (monitor1) which is on the left side, the right part of it appears on the upper-left part of monitor 2 which is on the right side

After the splashscreen and the window is visible, the majority of the upper half of the IDE shows up off-screen on main monitor.

Not so sure how to fix this. It's the only program on my Linux machine that behave like this.

Thanks for any input.

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Which version of the IDE?

You might have installed an antique version if it comes from the repositories of your distro.

You're better of installing 1.8.19 from https://www.arduino.cc/en/software. It might or might not solve the problem.

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Thanks for the comment, I'm using version 1.8.19.

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OK, in that case I have no suggestions :frowning:

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Just in case anyone's wondering what happens, I've uploaded a video to my Youtube account: - YouTube

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Take the machine down to one monitor, fully disconnect the other 2, and see if the problem persists. If it does work, add one monitor back at a time.
I had a similar issue with a multi-head Arch Linux setup for a digital sign for Capital One. Tried 4 ended up settling for 2 and a 2nd player for 2 more.

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Figured I'd just use VSCode with PIO, but thanks for the suggestion.

Yeah, I do remember setting up a multi-monitor setup that is more than the usual 2 is a bit finicky. Specially if the layout is unconventional.

I'll mark this as solved. I only use the Arduino IDE for videos anyway.

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