autorandr VS grobi

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.

grobi (link) (xorg)

I don't know about whether desktop environments support this. I was going to say you may need to write a script for it, but I see https://github.com/fd0/grobi definitely supports it.

I am using an xrandr helper (grobi) to set my screens up when connected. Problem is, my awesomewm config can only handle those changes on start. So I am just restarting awesomewm on screen change.