Add option to "Extend to the Left" in XFCE4 Display Settings

Question

I have a shortcut to "xfce4-display-settings -m" that displays the following options when I have two monitors connected:

I would like to also see "Extend to the Left." What can I do to make that option appear?

Note: I am running Ubuntu 12.10 with xubuntu-desktop installed.

I don't think there's a way to add an option to the GUI way. I can provide a script which you can run or bind a keyboard shortcut to, if you want. — mreq, Dec 31, 2013 at 19:46
A script that applied that option would satisfy my use-case, so yes, I'd appreciate it if you wrote one and posted it as an answer. — corvec, Jan 7, 2014 at 16:33
The GUI is the same in Ubuntu 14.04, still no way to change that GUI. — Tarnay Kálmán, Aug 31, 2014 at 20:48

mreq · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-07 20:40:38Z

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The command is simple:

xrandr --output HDMI1 --auto --left-of eDP1

You will have to find the names of the displays and edit the command accordingly. To do so, simply run xrandr without arguments.

answered Jan 7, 2014 at 20:40

mreq

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But how to change the menu entry itself to "Extend to the Left"?
– user308164
Jan 31, 2017 at 12:49
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the problem is that the extended display becomes in fact the primary
– user47206
Mar 10, 2017 at 23:51
Very thorough answer here.. The short version is: not possible, because as @cipricus points out, XFCE apparently treats the left as the primary. Work-a-rounds with xrand as posted by @mreq (or other manual config) seems to be the only option currently
– demaniak
May 14, 2018 at 4:28

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