How to set full screen preview monitor when using multi monitor setup?

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When enabling full screen preview on either Clip Monitor or Project Monitor the fullscreen preview is always showing on laptop screen, while Kdenlive is active on external monitor. I would prefer to also see the full screen preview on the external monitor but did not find a setting.

Is it possible to ensure full screen preview is either always showing on the same monitor Kdenlive is active on or generally setting external monitor as default whenever it is connected to the laptop?

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IIRC, you need to move the Clip/Project Monitor widget to the monitor you want to use as a separate floating window/widget, put it into full screen mode, then bring the widget back to where it was before. Now Kdenlive knows where to put it when going full screen :wink:

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Thanks for the quick response. Not entirely sure I understand the proposed procedure.

  1. I drag clip monitor out of Kdenlive main window while on external monitor
  2. switch to full screen from windowed clip monitor
  3. full screen opens on laptop monitor (unexpected?)
    This behavior stays the same when I repeat the process

When I move the windowed clip monitor to laptop screen and press full screen, that also opens full screen on laptop monitor.

Hmm.

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Hmm, worked from memory but was wrong, apparently. Sorry for sending you into the wrong direction.

But here it is:

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Set the Monitor for full screen output to whatever monitor you prefer :wink:

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Thanks - this makes sense and works :+1: