Cliffy Posted February 15 Posted February 15 (edited) 6 hours ago, jarr3 said: Now I only have to fix @Cliffy's problem with the screenres files and a final thing with the registry cleanup, and then we should be fine to release 2.1.6. Thanks to all testers! So far this morning all b2s seem to be loading. Here's a new twist though- the settings menu seems to open on the same screen as the backglass. Would like to see it pop up on screen 1 all the time. Let me explain I run desktop mode as you know. Many games will have a pup pack that run in one window only, ie, no fulldmd just the backglass screen. In these cases I like to use Hauntfreaks directb2s with fulldmd so that I have a frame for the dmd. In order to do this I set the b2s backglass off screen at 1920 and the fulldmd screen is set to negative 1920. This puts the fulldmd all the way to the left. The problem is when I right click the fulldmd the setting menu is off screen somewhere, presumably wherever the backglass is. If I alt-tab I see it running in the background. Remember too I have a dummy dongle that emulates a second monitor, windows designated as screen 2. Is there a way to make the settings menu stick only to windows screen 1? Edited February 15 by Cliffy
jarr3 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 B2S Does not do anything to show the window anywhere, rather it puts it over the backglass... There are software tools available where you can configure what to do with certain windows. A proposal from me would be, to let the backglass be on the same screen as the playfield, but downsized where it cannot be seen, or small enough it is actually behind some other window?
Cliffy Posted February 15 Posted February 15 1 minute ago, jarr3 said: B2S Does not do anything to show the window anywhere, rather it puts it over the backglass... There are software tools available where you can configure what to do with certain windows. A proposal from me would be, to let the backglass be on the same screen as the playfield, but downsized where it cannot be seen, or small enough it is actually behind some other window? Ok thanks. I'm probably a truly one-off setup and it's only a very minor inconvenience on a select few tables.
jarr3 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 (edited) An Open‑source tool that can force windows onto specific monitors (AI answer) FancyZones (part of Microsoft PowerToys) Open source: Yes Best for: Automatically snapping windows into predefined zones on specific monitors. What it can do Assign apps to zones that exist only on a specific monitor Restore windows to those zones when the app opens Multi‑monitor aware Very reliable for most modern apps Limitations It doesn’t force an app to a monitor if the app actively resists or opens off‑screen Some legacy apps ignore zone assignments WindowPositioner https://github.com/chrilep/WindowPositioner/ Edited February 16 by jarr3
Cliffy Posted February 16 Posted February 16 10 hours ago, jarr3 said: An Open‑source tool that can force windows onto specific monitors (AI answer) FancyZones (part of Microsoft PowerToys) Open source: Yes Best for: Automatically snapping windows into predefined zones on specific monitors. What it can do Assign apps to zones that exist only on a specific monitor Restore windows to those zones when the app opens Multi‑monitor aware Very reliable for most modern apps Limitations It doesn’t force an app to a monitor if the app actively resists or opens off‑screen Some legacy apps ignore zone assignments WindowPositioner https://github.com/chrilep/WindowPositioner/ I've always had powertoys installed since I was an MS beta tester way back to windows 95b. Funny, I never even looked at windowpositioner as a solution! Thanks for pointing it out Richard
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