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Dynamicly Update Display Settings Dialogs

I have two external monitors connected via this thunderbolt 4 dock to my notebook. I have it configured that the minimal dialog is shown when a new display is connected:
Screenshot_2024-05-29_08-54-48

When I connect the dock it takes about 13 seconds for my notebook to recognize all devices that are provided by the dock (testet with dmesg output).

I have a profile (First Try), that I want to apply manually, but the dialog does not show the profile when I connect the dock: Screenshot_2024-05-29_09-01-19

But after restarting the minimal display settings dialog the profile is showen:
Screenshot_2024-05-29_09-02-00

So I think it would be good when the display settings dialog gets updated when a new display is connected. I think it is currently not updated, and shows itself when the first display is connected.
For clarification the profile First Try looks like this:
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The big display settings dialog is also not updated. When I click on Advanced in the automatically shown minimal dialog only one external display is recognized and I cannot apply the profile:
Screenshot_2024-05-29_09-12-02
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Only after opening the big dialog a second time I can apply the profile.

I think the problem here is also that in this state the display dialog is not aware of the second external display.

I'm also affected by this bug. I think this has also to do with this issue. Maybe because the profile is only automatically applied when the first display is connected.

xfce4-display-settings --version
xfce4-display-settings 4.19.2git-54c62304 (Xfce 4.18)
Edited by Frash