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New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
I've always admired how the VST scan box shows up squarely pocketed into the lower right corner of my left monitor. That's handy and intuitive. The new start up menu, however, doesn't do me the same kindness. It is split squarely across the middle of both screens. That means I have to slide it in order to read what is in the middle. Could an adjustment be made to where it lands in a dual monitor setup? Any one of the corners would do.
post edited by pencilartist - 2015/08/31 22:19:44
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/08/31 22:30:10
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The reason the scan is there is because its running as a TOAST from the taskbar. By having your TV stretched across the two monitors the start screen is placing itself in the center where it always is.
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/08/31 22:35:01
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I see. So nothing can be done about it. :)
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/08/31 23:25:47
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I am not having a problem. I just set a primary/secondary monitor and do not have it set to span. (I use Dual Display Mode) If you have it set to span display - then you are telling it middle of your screen is where the box is currently popping up.
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/08/31 23:37:26
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I am using dual monitor as Display 1 & 2. The start screen appears in the middle of one of the screen. when I start Sonar it starts on a single monitor, the way I have set it maximized on that screen. I use dual display : one for main sceen of Sonar with transport, and track view. I have undocked the console view and dragged to the second screen. I am not using displays as extended display to span the tracks over two displays. Regards Snehankur
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/09/01 02:58:10
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No issues with dual displays here
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pencilartist
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/09/01 06:53:32
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I have my monitors set to span, and I use screensets rather than tabs. Every VST, or other, dialogue box can be trained to land wherever you want it. If I want to tinker with AD2, for instance, the box automatically lands upper left corner. If I want it some other place, it will go there each time. As near as I can determine, only the splash screen lands dead center. Not a big deal, but it seems it could be made to land elsewhere very easily.
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/09/01 07:46:03
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pencilartist Not a big deal, but it seems it could be made to land elsewhere very easily.
Yeah, it should remember where it was last positioned if nothing else. Like others, I use 2 displays not spanned. The main TV on the left and multidock on the right. I can see it being handy to span and use screensets as well.
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/09/01 07:51:56
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I to have the same complaint, not only the start screen but also preferences pops up there. Like Bob once repositioned it should remember where it was last placed.
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/09/01 08:03:31
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Try this little tool: http://www.basta.com/ZMover#.VeWSljYVguU I use ZMover to position vst-plugins over dual-screen: ... ZMover will monitor the desktop and automatically reposition, resize, or even keep selected windows below or above the others when they open.
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/09/01 08:48:16
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BobF
pencilartist Not a big deal, but it seems it could be made to land elsewhere very easily.
Yeah, it should remember where it was last positioned if nothing else.
^^^this
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Re: New start screen is not dual monitor friendly
2015/09/07 15:00:06
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Wookiee I to have the same complaint, not only the start screen but also preferences pops up there. Like Bob once repositioned it should remember where it was last placed.
I realize now that even the Open dialog box can be trained, and will remember from session to session. I've since turned off the Start Screen. My practice has normally been to right click my Taskbar Icon and select a recently used project, so that's still how I will work. Anything further can be found through the Open dialog.
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