Tkinter window jumps to primary screen when launched from secondary screen

Asked Jul 20 '20 at 11:51

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I am using my PC as primary screen + 1 more monitor as secondary screen.

Whenever I launch my tkinter application from secondary display, root window always opens in the primary display.

Is there any way to keep the root window on the secondary display from where application is executed ?

I have searched SO and Tkinter documentation but couldn't find the answer.

edited Jul 20 '20 at 12:54

Kevin Mayo

asked Jul 20 '20 at 11:51

tan_an

`tkinter.Tk` has a attribute called `geometry()`.Have you tried it? – jizhihaoSAMA Jul 20 '20 at 11:55
win32api as a GetMonitorInfo method, this may be useful http://timgolden.me.uk/pywin32-docs/win32api__GetMonitorInfo_meth.html – Eric Mathieu Jul 20 '20 at 12:14
@jizhihaoSAMA How to change display with geometry ? – tan_an Jul 20 '20 at 13:06
@EricMathieu I am aware of this. How do I set the window to launch on secondary monitor ? – tan_an Jul 20 '20 at 13:07
If you want to make effect on your PC.you could manually set the offset to do that.If not, you may need to refer Eric's suggestion. – jizhihaoSAMA Jul 20 '20 at 13:08
@tan_an I cannot confirm by testing right now but setting the x value in the geometry to your_first_monitor_width + x should do the trick – Eric Mathieu Jul 20 '20 at 13:11
@tan_an you can also have a look at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30312875/tkinter-winfo-screenwidth-when-used-with-dual-monitors (maybe you already did) – Eric Mathieu Jul 20 '20 at 13:13
@EricMathieu thanks. i will give it a try – tan_an Jul 20 '20 at 14:13

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