Post by Guest » 12.12.2011 17:45:20
Patrick wrote::dex:
smacdav wrote:Start with two monitors and exclude one of them from switching, then switch to one monitor (say, by undocking a laptop). I'd like to see all windows that were on the excluded monitor copied to all desktops so I can still access them regardless of which desktop I'm on.
Seems rather confusing to me. What if you manually move a window over from an excluded monitor? Should it be copied to all desktops as well?
I was just thinking that anything that was on the excluded monitor at the time of undocking would be copied to all desktops. Manually moving a window from an excluded monitor seems to be saying that you want that window to only be on the desktop displayed on the new monitor.
Patrick wrote:Dexpot is not meant to be an all-purpose multi-monitor tool. Remembering which windows were last placed on which monitor and moving them back when a monitor is reconnected sounds more like a job for UltraMon or DisplayFusion.
I have UltraMon. Unfortunately, if I run a script to have it remember the monitor it was on and then, after re-docking, I run the restore script, it copies all windows that need to be moved to the current desktop. I brought it up here because Dexpot is supporting multiple monitors with this release but (to my knowledge) UltraMon isn't creating any special support for virtual desktops. I'm not familiar with DisplayFusion; I'll have to check it out.
I understand that the behavior I would like to see may well be outside your scope. I didn't see any harm in throwing it out there, though. You're doing a great job.
[quote="Patrick"]:dex:
[quote="smacdav"]Start with two monitors and exclude one of them from switching, then switch to one monitor (say, by undocking a laptop). I'd like to see all windows that were on the excluded monitor copied to all desktops so I can still access them regardless of which desktop I'm on.[/quote]
Seems rather confusing to me. What if you manually move a window over from an excluded monitor? Should it be copied to all desktops as well?
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I was just thinking that anything that was on the excluded monitor at the time of undocking would be copied to all desktops. Manually moving a window from an excluded monitor seems to be saying that you want that window to only be on the desktop displayed on the new monitor.
[quote="Patrick"]Dexpot is not meant to be an all-purpose multi-monitor tool. Remembering which windows were last placed on which monitor and moving them back when a monitor is reconnected sounds more like a job for UltraMon or DisplayFusion.[/quote]
I have UltraMon. Unfortunately, if I run a script to have it remember the monitor it was on and then, after re-docking, I run the restore script, it copies all windows that need to be moved to the current desktop. I brought it up here because Dexpot is supporting multiple monitors with this release but (to my knowledge) UltraMon isn't creating any special support for virtual desktops. I'm not familiar with DisplayFusion; I'll have to check it out.
I understand that the behavior I would like to see may well be outside your scope. I didn't see any harm in throwing it out there, though. You're doing a great job. :-)