Win 7 Dual Monitors
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 by rhanisco | Discussion: ObjectDock
I am running the x64 version of Win 7 and am very happy with the product. Of course, I would love to have the start bar working, but I can certanly wait.
I am working on a laptop that travels with me between the office, home, and client sites. When I am in the office, I keep the docs on the second monitor. Of course when I disconnect, it jumps to the laptoip main screen, which is of course expected. The issue is on the reconnect of the 2nd monitor, I would expect that the dock would return to the correct location. Unfortunately, it stays on the first monitor, though when I go inot the positioning menu, the setting does say display2. When I reselect display2, it jumps to the correct location.
Possible solutions:
- Have the dock detect and jump to the 2nd monitor when available.
- Allow a fallback position. (When only 1 monitor, bind to the right, otherwise jump to display2)
- Bind the doc to the monitor only. If display 2 isn't available, it doesn't display.
Thanks.
Ryan
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Reply #1 Thursday, February 4, 2010 7:03 AM
Yeah that is the same problem I have. Even the Win version ist the same
I am looking forward and will wait for this feature as well. But I habe one more wish.
If I create a dock on the left or right side and choose "Hide off-screen when not in use" and turn on the 2nd display I can see the dock on the 2nd display while the dock is hiding. Would be great if there will be a solution as well.
for example:
if 2nd monitor connected disable the dock on the left/right side
if 2nd monitor connected the dock stays on the right/left side but on the 2nd on.
by the way sorry for my bad english