Multiple monitor support?
Monday, February 9, 2009 by Randy_Green | Discussion: Fences
I'm having no joy with multiple monitors and Fences - monitor 2 seems to be forces to have the same resolution as monitor 1. Anybody else having this issue, or is it something particular to my config?
Reply #2 Monday, February 9, 2009 2:23 PM
No change. Without fences enabled, I have a 1400 x 900 main display and an attached 1280 x 1024 additional monitor - Monitor 1 and Monitor 2; respectively.
When I enable fences, Monitor 2 converts to a size and wallpaper clone of monitor 1 with no icons visibile on monitor 2. Monitor 2 displays a black bar at the bottom of the screen; if I were to place a bet I'd put money that the black bar is exactly 124 pixels (1024 - 900) high. The black space is, however, active - I can move the mouse through it, place shortcuts there, etc.
Guessing the issue has something to do with the way Fences takes screenshots...
Disabling fences returns the proper resolution and wallpaper to monitor 2.
Running XP sp3 on a Radeon 3400, monitor 2 as an extension of monitor 1.
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Reply #1 Monday, February 9, 2009 12:12 PM
I don't have a direct answer to your questions. I do have a follow-up question that might impact multi-monitor setups however.
There is an option to store fence scale/size/position separately, depending upon desktop resolution. This is disabled by default. If enabled, and you switch resolutions, the fences will scale automatically to 'fit' the current resolution - and when you switch back to the prior resolution, the fences should snap back to prior scale and position. My question then is if you enable this option, does it help your issue - and if not, does it introduce new problems?
The option I'm speaking of is in Fences configuration under:
Tools | More tools... | Screen Resolution Changes [enable | disable]