i second this request. this seems like quite the oversight which is especially frustrating as wayland doesnt seem to have a primary display option at all so I cant exactly force it. im not even sure what is dictating what display it opens on.

Third. For all the above reasons I support this feature being added.

I have my PC hooked up to the TV which I don't want as my primary monitor for hopefully obvious reasons, but would like big picture mode to open on for hopefully even more obvious reasons. This can't be that uncommon of a setup, it seems like a glaring omission to not have an option for what monitor to open big picture mode on.

This is something my setup would greatly benefit from. I don't want to constantly switch the primary monitor in my settings before and after playing, I want my primary monitor to stay... well my primary monitor, but big picture and games launched from big picture to open on my projector's display.

It seems to be (or at least used to be) something available on windows, as seen on this screenshot: https://imgur.com/1xYemzz. Feature parity would be great here

We need this. For now I use keyboard shortcuts (Super+Shift+Arrow) to move windows around, which works fine, but you know, I'd like a seamless Big Picture Mode on the TV (Bazzite Gnome here)

I also want this. My PC is actually under my TV with my desk next to it. I just took the plunge to reformat my Desktop from Windows to Linux and this makes me sad.

I was searching for this too. I have a dual boot system, migrating to Linux, and I found it wierd that the option is on Windows but not on Linux. Also I will be glad if the preferred monitor is reverted when I shutdown the system directly from big picture.

I found this was an issue opened 13 years ago, and was reviewed, so there's hope!

For now I use this workaround: remap controller inputs (Xbox button+Dpad with Input Remapper for example) to Super+Shift+Left/Right, so I can move Big Picture and game window between displays from my couch.

Any updates? Still not working on Linux Mint "Zena"

I found this was an issue opened 13 years ago, and was reviewed, so there's hope!

For now I use this workaround: remap controller inputs (Xbox button+Dpad with Input Remapper for example) to Super+Shift+Left/Right, so I can move Big Picture and game window between displays from my couch.

this kind of solution really only works if you're using a DE. If you're running SteamOS or using a similar solution to launch only gamescope + big picture mode as your compositor then these kinds of things dont really work.

I would add audio to this. If I launch the big picture from the controller, I want it on TV with both audio and video output going to that screen. So the option for selecting preferred display and audio output in Big Picture would be nice.

And this isn't Arch thing, it is a missing feature for all Linux versions at the moment.

I found this was an issue opened 13 years ago, and was reviewed, so there's hope!

For now I use this workaround: remap controller inputs (Xbox button+Dpad with Input Remapper for example) to Super+Shift+Left/Right, so I can move Big Picture and game window between displays from my couch.

I use the command in KDE connect from my phone: bash -c 'kscreen-doctor output.HDMI-A-1.priority.1 && pactl set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo && sleep 2 && DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/steam -bigpicture' to use the TV as primary (from kscreen-doctor -o) and TV audio (from pactl list short sinks) + big picture Steam. And another command to make PC monitor and analog audio primary.