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Flutterby Haystack

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Join date: 16 Aug 2008

Posts: 42

08-21-2008 13:06

Hello,

I use a laptop PC with a large external monitor attached. The laptop monitor is usually turned off.

Can I use the laptop's monitor to display some of the SL windows, eg the inventory, IM window ? while leaving the main SL window on the bigger external monitor ?

Thanks

FH

Rika Watanabe

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Join date: 3 Jun 2008

Posts: 245

08-21-2008 13:15

From: Flutterby Haystack

Can I use the laptop's monitor to display some of the SL windows, eg the inventory, IM window ? while leaving the main SL window on the bigger external monitor ?

I run three monitors and have been annoyed about that for a while -- there is no way to do that other than by running SL in a window and stretching this window across both monitors. With two monitors, your avatar is likely to end up split between the two, with three, things become very distorted.

However, there IS a way to keep an IM or chat window on a separate monitor, if you log IMs. You can use the program called XTail, which will continually read that log and scroll it at you as it comes.

http://www.xymantix.com/programs/xtail.html

Infiniview Merit

The 100 Trillionth Cell

Join date: 27 Apr 2006

Posts: 845

08-21-2008 15:28

Agreed,

I have three monitors and in my graphics programs I often tear off tool palettes and put them
on the other monitors for more viewable space. It would be a great option if we could do the
same with SL.

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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Join date: 22 Dec 2003

Posts: 14,229

08-21-2008 15:39

You might find it suitable to stretch the SL window across one screen and half or so of the second; this gets the avatar off the edge of the monitor and still allows extra room for UI elements.

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Kalderi Tomsen

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Join date: 10 May 2007

Posts: 888

08-21-2008 16:44

I remember this being requested a while ago - it would be useful for me too. No action on it from LL though.

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Anti Antonelli

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Join date: 25 Apr 2006

Posts: 1,091

08-21-2008 18:38

Unlikely to happen any time soon, that SL viewer UI widgets could be moved outside the main viewer screen. As I understand it the thing is, in the interest of cross-platform compatibility, all the tool palettes are being rendered by OpenGL just like the world graphics are. This is different from something like Photoshop, where tool palettes are drawn by the same mechanism that draws 2-D doodads like "minimize/maximize/close" buttons on program or folder windows. So the SL tools are kind of stuck inside the viewer window without major changes to the viewer and lots of effort to keep things working on various platforms

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Rika Watanabe

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Join date: 3 Jun 2008

Posts: 245

08-21-2008 21:01

From: Anti Antonelli

So the SL tools are kind of stuck inside the viewer window without major changes to the viewer and lots of effort to keep things working on various platforms

Actually, it could be done portably without major changes if they made some kind of message passing API... dragging windows out and dragging items between screens can't be done this way, but separating the IM window would be relatively simple.

But there's no way that's happening.

Run SL on 2 monitors
Flutterby Haystack Registered User Join date: 16 Aug 2008 Posts: 42	08-21-2008 13:06 Hello, I use a laptop PC with a large external monitor attached. The laptop monitor is usually turned off. Can I use the laptop's monitor to display some of the SL windows, eg the inventory, IM window ? while leaving the main SL window on the bigger external monitor ? Thanks FH
Rika Watanabe Highly improbable Join date: 3 Jun 2008 Posts: 245	08-21-2008 13:15 From: Flutterby Haystack Can I use the laptop's monitor to display some of the SL windows, eg the inventory, IM window ? while leaving the main SL window on the bigger external monitor ? I run three monitors and have been annoyed about that for a while -- there is no way to do that other than by running SL in a window and stretching this window across both monitors. With two monitors, your avatar is likely to end up split between the two, with three, things become very distorted. However, there IS a way to keep an IM or chat window on a separate monitor, if you log IMs. You can use the program called XTail, which will continually read that log and scroll it at you as it comes. http://www.xymantix.com/programs/xtail.html
Infiniview Merit The 100 Trillionth Cell Join date: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 845	08-21-2008 15:28 Agreed, I have three monitors and in my graphics programs I often tear off tool palettes and put them on the other monitors for more viewable space. It would be a great option if we could do the same with SL. _____________________ http://slurl.com/secondlife/puea/126/10/60/
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	08-21-2008 15:39 You might find it suitable to stretch the SL window across one screen and half or so of the second; this gets the avatar off the edge of the monitor and still allows extra room for UI elements. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Kalderi Tomsen Nomad Extraordinaire! Join date: 10 May 2007 Posts: 888	08-21-2008 16:44 I remember this being requested a while ago - it would be useful for me too. No action on it from LL though. _____________________ Kalderi, General Manager, Hosoi Ichiba and Hosoi Design - - - Hosoi Ichiba - High Quality Classically-styled Asian buildings, furniture and home decorations in an old-fashioned Japanese market garden on Japan Kanto. http://hosoi-ichiba.blogspot.com/ Hosoi Design - High Quality prefabs and furnishings, plus commercial buildings.
Anti Antonelli Deranged Toymaker Join date: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,091	08-21-2008 18:38 Unlikely to happen any time soon, that SL viewer UI widgets could be moved outside the main viewer screen. As I understand it the thing is, in the interest of cross-platform compatibility, all the tool palettes are being rendered by OpenGL just like the world graphics are. This is different from something like Photoshop, where tool palettes are drawn by the same mechanism that draws 2-D doodads like "minimize/maximize/close" buttons on program or folder windows. So the SL tools are kind of stuck inside the viewer window without major changes to the viewer and lots of effort to keep things working on various platforms _____________________ Designer of sensual, tasteful couple's animations - for residents who take their leisure time seriously. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brownlee/203/110/109/
Rika Watanabe Highly improbable Join date: 3 Jun 2008 Posts: 245	08-21-2008 21:01 From: Anti Antonelli So the SL tools are kind of stuck inside the viewer window without major changes to the viewer and lots of effort to keep things working on various platforms Actually, it could be done portably without major changes if they made some kind of message passing API... dragging windows out and dragging items between screens can't be done this way, but separating the IM window would be relatively simple. But there's no way that's happening.

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