SteeleR 2008-12-09 22:56
Hi.. I would like to know is there such feature available or at least possible to implement:
when working with 2 or more monitors to not extend the desktop but to simulate working with just 1 monitor... moving to another to be done via pressing a key(key combination) and not that one (or more) of the sides of your desktop to be stuck with the next desktop (cause working on such environment really causes troubles like when the second monitor is on your right and you're used to pressing the "X" button on your windows by simple moving the mouse up/right as much as possible adding the second monitor prevents that and the closing of a window becomes a trouble :) )
so in my case I'm wondering if it's possible to have the 2 monitors running with no desktop extension and switching the mouse between by pressing the 4th key of my mouse (for example)
Regards
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Christian Studer 2008-12-10 10:08
UltraMon doesn't support this, I'm also not aware of another application which does this.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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SteeleR 2008-12-10 17:24
But could such feature be implemented ?
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Mustang 2008-12-10 19:02
Such a feature is possible to implement
In fact UltraMon already has initial implementation of such a system
With it's "Lock mouse to primary monitor" hotkey
However from Christian's reply it doesn't seem like there are plans to add such functionality any time soon
If one doesn't already exist
You could always write such a utility yourself
Should be simple enough
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Mustang 2008-12-10 19:03
Just noticed my over use of the word "such" in my previous post
WTH was I thinking :P
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SteeleR 2008-12-11 01:33
hmm.. I'll take a look at the SDK for the "lock mouse to primary monitor"
Thanks :)
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Christian Studer 2008-12-11 11:34
That should be possible. There are no immediate plans to add this, but I'll consider this for a future release.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Mustang 2008-12-14 19:07
@SteeleR
Seeing as you asked so nicely I took a couple of hours out of my morning
To write a utility for you that should work as you requested above
MouseLock.exe
http://www.fileswap.com/share/?id=d9de6a144a3cc26cb4b3c47b206a121a
Hotkeys:
Win + Space = Move mouse to next monitor
Win + Shift + Space = Move mouse to previous monitor
Win + X = Toggle Enable/Disable of Mouse Lock (Enabled by Default)
Note:
It only reads your monitor config/display settings when firsted launched
So if you change these be sure to re-run the application
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Mustang 2008-12-14 19:10
@Christian
P.S. Is there any updated SDK you'd like to make public?
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Christian Studer 2008-12-15 09:38
There were no interface changes or new COM objects, the 2.5 SDK still documents all functionality exposed via the UltraMon COM objects.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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