Bill Bierman
3 discussion posts
Hello! Thank you for this wonderful piece of software!
There are some things that I would like to do with triggers, but it doesn't seem like I currently can.
I have a super ultra-wide screen (5120x1440). Ordinarily I use a monitor profile in DisplayFusion called "dual" which divides the screen into 2560x1440 virtual monitors (not sure if that is the correct term). I would like to create a trigger that when a specific application (or group of applications) is run, the following things happen:
1. Switch from my "Dual" monitor profile to another called "Mid", which is one central 2560x1440 virtual monitor, and on the left and right side are 1280x1440 virtual monitors.
2. Re-maximize all maximized windows, snapping them to the new profile
As far as I can see, neither of these two actions are possible.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Bill Bierman
3 discussion posts
Thanks! I was able to setup the trigger for the first part as you suggest. But maybe a cool feature to add to DisplayFusion is an optional intelligent repositioning of maximized windows when the monitor profile changes?
Were you able to try the Window Position Profiles assigned to the Monitor Profile?
I'm not quite sure what you mean by intelligent positioning. How would DisplayFusion know what window should go where?
Bill Bierman
3 discussion posts
I was able to get the trigger working to switch monitor profiles. I haven't tried the window position profile yet, but I plan to.
I expect there are several different heuristics you could use to re-maximize windows following a change in monitor profile. The simplest one would be for all maximized windows, re-maximize them in the new virtual monitor which they are the most contained in.
Ok, thanks for clarifying! If we're able to add something like that in the future we'll be sure to let you know.