Phil Lambert
4 discussion posts
Hi. Today I purchased Display Fusion as I was having trouble snapping games to the center of the screen.
I've broken my monitor into 5 windows.
In the center I have one 2560x1440 and then at either side I have two vertical screens at 1280x720.
1280x720 = 1.1 (top left)
1280x720 = 1.2 (bottom left)
2560x1440 = 1.3 (center)
1280x720 = 1.4 (top right)
1280x720 = 1.5 (bottom right)
Before installing DF, my issue was this. When I loaded a game in borderless window, it would snap to the very left of the monitor and I cannot get it to move central.
Full screen is no good as I want to see windows to the side of my game and bordered windowed isn't ideal for what I want.
I've installed DF, set the monitor as stated above. When I load the game, it instantly snaps to the very left again. I use CTRL+WIN+X and it instantly snaps to window 1.4. Pressing it again, snaps it to 1.5 then pressing it again snaps it back to 1.3. It never snaps to 1.1 or 1.2, which is fine, but when it does snap to 1.3 it still snaps to the very left of the monitor.
Do you have any suggestions as this was the sole purpose of the purchase.
Also, a little side question for people.
Is there a way to have a single task bar, lets say that only appears in window 1.2, as it is annoying having them all over the screen. I'd just like one small one.
Thanks
Hi Phil,
You might be able to create a trigger using the "Window Created" event, along with the "Move window to specific size and location" action to specify where you want the window to go to on launch.
Many games force themselves to specific monitors and sizes if they are set to anything other then Windowed mode, so if that above doesn't work, we might be out of luck. What game is this happening with? If I own it, I can test it out on my end to see if I can get something working.
Thanks!
Phil Lambert
4 discussion posts
Hi, I've sort of found a fix.
By setting the left window to 1280x1440p, the game will snap to that, then snap to the center screen. That to be honest is more than enough for me, so I'm happy with that.
The game was Fallout 76 running through the bethesda launcher.
As a side question, is there a way to only have the start bar on a single screen split?
Thanks
Hi Phil,
Glad to hear you found a work around!
If it's a DisplayFusion taskbar your looking to disable, you can right click an empty space on it and go to Multi-Monitor Taskbar > Position > Disabled. You can do that for each taskbar you want disabled. If it's the windows taskbar, unfortunately there is no way to completely disable it with our software.
Thanks!
Phil Lambert
4 discussion posts
Awesome. That does almost work.
Is there a way to set screen 1.1 to be the actual start bar, so that it's not disrupting my center screen?
Currently, window 1.2 has the main taskbar, so I'd like to nudge that over to the left screen (1.1)
Hi Phil,
If you open up the DisplayFusion Advanced Settings window, you can find "Windows Taskbar Split Monitor ID", in the Taskbar section. You can specify the monitor split you would like the taskbar to be in, using that setting.
Thanks!
Phil Lambert
4 discussion posts
Awesome. I think that is everything set up just how I'd want it.
Thank you!
Hi Phil,
Not a problem! If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out to us.
Thanks!
