RightClick dual-monitor issue
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 by adrienne travis | Discussion: Life, the Universe and Everything
So i REALLY like RightClick, and i'd love to be using it, but i have an issue. It started about version 0.7 -- before that it didn't do this. I have a dual-monitor setup both at home and at work -- one with an Nvidia GeForce2, the other with an ATI Rage 7800. On both, if i have RightClick running, EVERYTHING opens up on the primary monitor, NO MATTER WHAT. Things that closed on monitor 2 will try to open on that monitor, and then "jump" in mid-open over to the left edge of monitor 1. It makes my whole system unworkable, unfortunately, and i can't use RC because of it.
Is there a workaround? Is this a known issue? Please help!
Is there a workaround? Is this a known issue? Please help!
El_Squiddo
Reply #2 Tuesday, February 15, 2005 12:50 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, February 15, 2005 12:50 PM
This happens on my 3 monitor system too. The problem is RightClick does not seem to want to allow windows to open up in with a negative X value for the window position. On my system the center monitor is primary, so the left monitor has negative X values and the right monitor has positive X values. The system is as follow:
2 - 1 - 3
All monitors running 1600x1200
Monitor 1
top left: 0,0
Monitor 2
top left: -1600,0
Monitor 3
top left: 1601,0
There are numerous problems with various OD programs with negative X value windows. I think the programmers decided to make things "convenient" for everyone and make sure no window could open up "offscreen" and they relocate these windows to have at least a 0 X position.
The only thing I can suggest is if you could make the left monitor your primary monitor. That way, you would be able to open up windows always with a positive X. Short of that...
[rant]
Stardock - PLEASE FIX NEGATIVE X POSITIONING!!!
DesktopX Widgets and objects dont work
IconX screws up the wallpaper
RightClick "helpfully" moves windows that are on a different monitor
[/rant]
2 - 1 - 3
All monitors running 1600x1200
Monitor 1
top left: 0,0
Monitor 2
top left: -1600,0
Monitor 3
top left: 1601,0
There are numerous problems with various OD programs with negative X value windows. I think the programmers decided to make things "convenient" for everyone and make sure no window could open up "offscreen" and they relocate these windows to have at least a 0 X position.
The only thing I can suggest is if you could make the left monitor your primary monitor. That way, you would be able to open up windows always with a positive X. Short of that...
[rant]
Stardock - PLEASE FIX NEGATIVE X POSITIONING!!!
DesktopX Widgets and objects dont work
IconX screws up the wallpaper
RightClick "helpfully" moves windows that are on a different monitor
[/rant]
adrienne travis
Reply #3 Thursday, February 17, 2005 4:37 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, February 17, 2005 4:37 PM
That would be the problem. My right monitor is primary as well. I REALLY do not want to change this; making my left monitor primary causes all sorts of issues.
So please add my voice to the cry to please fix it, Stardock! Maybe have it as an option turned off by default: "Check this box to allow negative positioning (Don't unless you know what you're doing!)" or something.
As a note, i CAN get DX widgets and objects to run on my secondary monitor.
So please add my voice to the cry to please fix it, Stardock! Maybe have it as an option turned off by default: "Check this box to allow negative positioning (Don't unless you know what you're doing!)" or something.
As a note, i CAN get DX widgets and objects to run on my secondary monitor.
Phoon
Reply #4 Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:51 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:51 PM
I don't have that issue.
So this doesn't happen to you if you don't have RC loaded? If it does, then it is a setting in the nView desktop manager. Try disabling the nView desktop manager. Right click on the systray icon, go to nview desktop manager, nview properties, and disable it on the Desktop Management tab. See if that fixes it...
So this doesn't happen to you if you don't have RC loaded? If it does, then it is a setting in the nView desktop manager. Try disabling the nView desktop manager. Right click on the systray icon, go to nview desktop manager, nview properties, and disable it on the Desktop Management tab. See if that fixes it...
adrienne travis
Reply #5 Friday, February 18, 2005 11:29 AM
Reply #5 Friday, February 18, 2005 11:29 AM
JMP --
Yes, it only happens with RightClick loaded. And it happens on both my work machine, with an NVidia chipset, and my home machine, with an ATI chipset. (Both configured with the primary monitor on the right.) So it's not an NVidia issue either.
Stardock -- any ideas? Please help!
Yes, it only happens with RightClick loaded. And it happens on both my work machine, with an NVidia chipset, and my home machine, with an ATI chipset. (Both configured with the primary monitor on the right.) So it's not an NVidia issue either.
Stardock -- any ideas? Please help!
Koasati
Reply #6 Friday, February 18, 2005 11:49 AM
Reply #6 Friday, February 18, 2005 11:49 AM
Just switched my primary to the right, and ran a few tests. Everything didn't open on the primary, but most did. I can see why this could be quite aggravating.
Phoon
Reply #7 Friday, February 18, 2005 3:24 PM
Reply #7 Friday, February 18, 2005 3:24 PM
ACK.. I should READ. Primary on right.. duhhh
Mine is on left..
Mine is on left..
adrienne travis
Reply #8 Friday, February 18, 2005 6:13 PM
Reply #8 Friday, February 18, 2005 6:13 PM
Yup. Driving me NUTS. Hope Brad Wardell or someone even *reads* this forum. I've been a customer for years, and i really do like RC, but this is making it totally unusable.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, February 15, 2005 12:37 PM