autorandr VS dotfiles

could use the postswitch hook provided by autorandr, though this would require letting autorandr manage your display layout as well: https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr

autorandr worked great for me for hot plugging when I would frequently use my laptop with two external monitors.

Autorandr does run in the background as it is a daemon. For systemd integration see https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/blob/master/contrib/systemd/autorandr.service

I use autorandr (https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr) to load display configurations with a hotkey. I'm 100% sure there is a "better" way of doing so over my setup.

If your using X11, try autorandr. It's a bit clunky for me with the windows moving around after waking up but they eventually find where they're supposed to be... mostly.

I would suggest taking a look at something like autorandr to help dynamically adjust your settings when you connect/disconnect.

There's also autorandr that allows you to save monitor setups and automatically switch between them as you connect/disconnect displays

autorandr (link) (xorg)

No, but you can save settings to script and run on login. Arandr does it with GUI. Autorandr automates and manages multiple setups.

This is my launch script which works well on multiple monitors which I'm constantly plugging in and out of as I move around my flat. The trick for my is that I have set up my autorandr postswitch hook as this launch script so that it correctly restarts polybar when I change which monitors to which I am connected.