How to arrange displays more precisely?

Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on the join.

On 04/11/2018 20:16, Steven Watkins wrote:
Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by
dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very
precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some
reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution
invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to
have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch
on the join.

Have you tried :

Windows Key + Left/Right arrow keys?

It works on my machine.

What is the setting for your windows? Does it snap? Checks under:

System MultiTasking

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On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:16:38 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on the join.

What are your monitors and what is your graphics card?
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:11:04 -0000, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

On 04/11/2018 20:16, Steven Watkins wrote:
Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by
dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very
precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some
reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution
invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to
have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch
on the join.

Have you tried :

Windows Key + Left/Right arrow keys?

It works on my machine.

What is the setting for your windows? Does it snap? Checks under:

System MultiTasking

No I mean to arrange multiple monitors, like this:
https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...l_advanced.png
I need to move monitor 1 a very small amount up or down, so everything lines up exactly with the physical position of the screens. But dragging it will only allow it to move in large chunks. I want my application to straddle both monitors and for it to line up precisely. The monitors are not necessarily physically lined up or the same resolution.

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:40:40 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:16:38 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on the join.

What are your monitors and what is your graphics card?

Irrelevant. The point is that this:
https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...l_advanced.png
does not allow precise movement of screen 1. In that situation, I only get three possible positions between where it is in the image and having the bottom of each lined up.

In article ,
says...

Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on the join.

I've found you really require two monitors of more or less same physical
screen size so that doesn't happen. I use an old 21" CRT monitor and a
(4/3 aspect) old 19" lcd monitor. Physically they both have same screen
size area and both "like" 1280x1024 so that's what I leave them at. I
have to have a small block under the lcd display to physically raise it
so screen is same height as other monitor. Because the two monitors are
physically in size so similar and because both are running same
resolution anything spanning across them is seamless except for the
bezel area (of course). I can even have WMP play a video spans across
both montiors and both stay in sync etc. The video card I use is a ATI
HD 4600 series so it's not very new.

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:35:33 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:11:04 -0000, ? Good Guy ? wrote:

On 04/11/2018 20:16, Steven Watkins wrote:
Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by
dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very
precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some
reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution
invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to
have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch
on the join.

Have you tried :

Windows Key + Left/Right arrow keys?

It works on my machine.

What is the setting for your windows? Does it snap? Checks under:

System MultiTasking

No I mean to arrange multiple monitors, like this:
https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...l_advanced.png
I need to move monitor 1 a very small amount up or down, so everything lines up exactly with the physical position of the screens. But dragging it will only allow it to move in large chunks. I want my application to straddle both monitors and for it to line up precisely.

I don't usually stretch application(s) across multiple monitors, but I
agree that it's nice to be able to do that.

The monitors are not necessarily physically lined up or the same resolution.

I have 3 monitors that are physically aligned, all run the same
resolution, all are the exact same model, and applications can be
stretched across them without shifting up or down. If your displays
aren't even running the same resolution, I'm not sure how or if you'll
be able to do it.

Steven Watkins wrote:
Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by
dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very
precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some
reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution
invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to
have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on
the join.

Try this.

(Referral: from page 4 here
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ws-10-a-4.html )

"Display Changer"

http://12noon.com/?page_id=80

(Ref: page 4 here
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ws-10-a-4.html )

Add a monitor by specifying its name, size, and position:

-- dccmd.exe -monitor="\\.\DISPLAY2" -secondary -width=1280 -height=1024 -ty=-128 -lx=1440

-- dccmd.exe -listmonitors

Perhaps that's as close as we'll ever get to Linux "xrandr" :-)

Paul

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:37:04 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:40:40 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:16:38 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on the join.

What are your monitors and what is your graphics card?

Irrelevant. The point is that this:
https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...l_advanced.png
does not allow precise movement of screen 1. In that situation, I only get three possible positions between where it is in the image and having the bottom of each lined up.

Not at all irrelevant. Under the right circumstances your graphic card
driver should be able to deal with your problem.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:37:17 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:37:04 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:40:40 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:16:38 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on the join.

What are your monitors and what is your graphics card?

Irrelevant. The point is that this:
https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...l_advanced.png
does not allow precise movement of screen 1. In that situation, I only get three possible positions between where it is in the image and having the bottom of each lined up.

Not at all irrelevant. Under the right circumstances your graphic card
driver should be able to deal with your problem.

Monitor arrangement is OS controlled.

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:35:19 -0000, Paul wrote:

Steven Watkins wrote:
Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by
dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very
precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some
reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution
invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to
have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on
the join.

Try this.

(Referral: from page 4 here
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ws-10-a-4.html )

"Display Changer"

http://12noon.com/?page_id=80

(Ref: page 4 here
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ws-10-a-4.html )

Add a monitor by specifying its name, size, and position:

-- dccmd.exe -monitor="\\.\DISPLAY2" -secondary -width=1280 -height=1024 -ty=-128 -lx=1440

-- dccmd.exe -listmonitors

Perhaps that's as close as we'll ever get to Linux "xrandr" :-)

Thanks. That really should be part of the OS though. All they need to do is to remove the silly snapping to a grid thing when you drag the monitors around.

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:50:06 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:37:17 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:37:04 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:40:40 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:16:38 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on the join.

What are your monitors and what is your graphics card?

Irrelevant. The point is that this:
https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...l_advanced.png
does not allow precise movement of screen 1. In that situation, I only get three possible positions between where it is in the image and having the bottom of each lined up.

Not at all irrelevant. Under the right circumstances your graphic card
driver should be able to deal with your problem.

Monitor arrangement is OS controlled.

As a minimum. See for example
https://www.techradar.com/au/news/co...nitors-1074313
or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Eyefinity

or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Ra...onitor_support
"Starting in Catalyst 14.6 AMD has enabled mixed resolution support,
allowing for a single Eyefinity display group to be created while
each monitor runs at a different resolution."

For a copy of a snip of a selected screen from my NVidia Control Panel
see https://www.dropbox.com/s/of8c13maf9...Vidia.JPG?dl=0
It works with different size screens demanding only some minimum level
of compatability..
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 21:24:02 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:50:06 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:37:17 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:37:04 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:40:40 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:16:38 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on the join.

What are your monitors and what is your graphics card?

Irrelevant. The point is that this:
https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...l_advanced.png
does not allow precise movement of screen 1. In that situation, I only get three possible positions between where it is in the image and having the bottom of each lined up.

Not at all irrelevant. Under the right circumstances your graphic card
driver should be able to deal with your problem.

Monitor arrangement is OS controlled.

As a minimum. See for example
https://www.techradar.com/au/news/co...nitors-1074313
or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Eyefinity

or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Ra...onitor_support
"Starting in Catalyst 14.6 AMD has enabled mixed resolution support,
allowing for a single Eyefinity display group to be created while
each monitor runs at a different resolution."

For a copy of a snip of a selected screen from my NVidia Control Panel
see https://www.dropbox.com/s/of8c13maf9...Vidia.JPG?dl=0
It works with different size screens demanding only some minimum level
of compatability..

Thanks, I've found I can alter them more precisely in the graphics card controls. Beats me why the Windows one is so ****.

Steven Watkins wrote:
On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:35:19 -0000, Paul wrote:

Steven Watkins wrote:
Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by
dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very
precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some
reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution
invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to
have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on
the join.

Try this.

(Referral: from page 4 here

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ws-10-a-4.html
)

"Display Changer"

http://12noon.com/?page_id=80

(Ref: page 4 here

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ws-10-a-4.html
)

Add a monitor by specifying its name, size, and position:

-- dccmd.exe -monitor="\\.\DISPLAY2" -secondary -width=1280
-height=1024 -ty=-128 -lx=1440

-- dccmd.exe -listmonitors

Perhaps that's as close as we'll ever get to Linux "xrandr" :-)

Thanks. That really should be part of the OS though. All they need to
do is to remove the silly snapping to a grid thing when you drag the
monitors around.

I hope you will be able to get a precisely tuned arrangement.

Report back if the method shows promise.

Paul

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 23:53:43 -0000, Paul wrote:

Steven Watkins wrote:
On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:35:19 -0000, Paul wrote:

Steven Watkins wrote:
Currently I tell Windows 10 where my monitors are physically, by
dragging them about in the display settings. But this is not very
precise, and I can never get them lined up just right, as for some
reason the monitor diagram locks to some kind of low resolution
invisible grid. Any more precise method to lining them up? I want to
have a program spanning 2 monitors without the image jumping an inch on
the join.

Try this.

(Referral: from page 4 here

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ws-10-a-4.html
)

"Display Changer"

http://12noon.com/?page_id=80

(Ref: page 4 here

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ws-10-a-4.html
)

Add a monitor by specifying its name, size, and position:

-- dccmd.exe -monitor="\\.\DISPLAY2" -secondary -width=1280
-height=1024 -ty=-128 -lx=1440

-- dccmd.exe -listmonitors

Perhaps that's as close as we'll ever get to Linux "xrandr" :-)

Thanks. That really should be part of the OS though. All they need to
do is to remove the silly snapping to a grid thing when you drag the
monitors around.

I hope you will be able to get a precisely tuned arrangement.

Report back if the method shows promise.

Fixed it by using the graphics card version of the monitor arrangement, which is much better designed than the windows one, in that it doesn't snap to a low res grid.