Antaeus 2005-03-21 20:23
So I have a laptop with a widescreen monitor, 1920x1200.
Its very nice for games and really irritating for work (unless its eclipse or vs.net in which case its rather handy).
The question is, would it be possible to get ultramon to split my widescreen into 2 viewable portions for better use of real estate.
Sort of turn one really wide screen into a dual monitor setup with tall thin screens :)
If not ultramon, does anyone know of anything that would help me get this effect?
Im guessing the answer is a resounding no, but I thought Id ask.
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Christian Studer 2005-03-22 01:14
UltraMon doesn't support this directly, but there are some scripts to move/maximize windows which can treat a monitor as split in half. See this thread for more information (usage instructions are at the end of the thread).
If you have an Nvidia video card, you could use the display gridlines feature of the nView Desktop Manager to partition the display.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Tantalus 2005-03-22 02:19
Christian,
this suggestion should be looked into if possible for a later release. widescreen displays are becoming more common and i would think if ultramon could support this feature (w/o having to use the less flexible and cumbersome method of prefining shortcut properties), then it could be another potential market of users that ultramon could appeal to.
now granted, maybe nvidia might be do using some sort of inside hook into the hardware via their software but if it's doable via software calls only, it would be a real and tangible feature.
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Christian Studer 2005-03-22 07:54
I'll consider this for UltraMon 3.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Information Nirvana 2007-05-06 13:46
Great Idea.
Larger LCDs are becoming affordable now.
22 inch LCDs are cheap $300.
For my needs a 26 inch monitor, would probably be the smallest to get two easily readable scanned .pdf files side by side.
Splitview is a neat app but $79 seems like alot since it is very similar to UltraMon (but not as feature-filled).
I'd suggest UltraMon have more robust Screen splitting ability.
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Jacob Mays 2007-05-29 13:12
I love ultramon and have used it for a long time. I think the splitting of a single monitor would be a great addition to people using ultramon.
The new Vista RDP client supports spanning so when I am at home with two monitors I can RDP into my office computer and the RDP session will stretch across both monitors at home.
However all of the dialog boxes and login screens show up right in the middle of the two monitors, also maximizing windows stretches them across both screens. I have ultramon installed on my office computer but when I rdp in ultramon thinks there is only one monitor connected.
If ultramon could split the screen into two monitors or detect that I am connecting with a spanned RDP session and automatically split the screen that would help a lot.
Thanks,
Jacob M.
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Sean 2007-08-14 02:21
I agree. I have to use SplitView because not only RDC but also at home I have One Large screen. I own Ultramon and was happy to pay, but now that I have these features, I need to use two applications and splitview is really just not as good.
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William 2008-04-19 00:39
Here Here! Another vote for screen splitting via UltraMon!
I have the same situation as others - RDP session spanning across multiple monitors. I run a virtualized environment for my development tools and it would be WONDERFUL and COMPELLING to be able to treat the single RDP window as multiple screens.
Great work BTW - UltraMon is really filling a need in the marketplace for those who have really embraced multi-monitors. "Companies With Vision" are always nice to stumble into.
Thanks.
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Tim Crews 2008-04-22 09:02
I find the GridMove program to be indispensable for managing the real-estate on my two 24-inch wide-screen monitors. It is very highly configurable -- perhaps to a fault. Although creating your own grid definitions is a significant undertaking, the program provides about a dozen grid definitions that you can use out of the box. There is also a forum where a few people (including myself) have published other grid definitions.
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