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RE: fullscreen video in split window?

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 15:27:40 GMT

There's no API or framework function that would let us say "constrain this app that's forcing full screen to these co-ordinates." It's something we've worked on intermittently to try and get something working reliably with no luck. We know that it's a highly requested feature, and if/when we can get something going, we will definitely post an update here. Until then, repeatedly asking "how come this isn't done yet" isn't really a helpful response so I'm going to lock this thread.

For your issue of the shift+maximized dragging not working correctly, please start a new topic and we'll take a look at that for you.

Thanks!

RE: fullscreen video in split window?

Binary Fortress Software — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 15:30:31 GMT

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Hold the Shift key down BEFORE you click on the title bar of the window you are about to move to another split. It will no longer maximize in the new screen.

BTW: I can't get this to work in Win 11 any longer.

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Binary Fortress Software — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 15:28:22 GMT

It's been 9 years now. Still no solution guys, even with the growth of the ultra widescreen formats? Really?

I guess you guys are doing some sort of service to Firefox at least, as many of us use that to circumvent the problem. But that doesn't fix the other apps, like VLC and many others.

So: seriously?

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Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:12:23 GMT

So after a couple hour of research :

I use PowerToy to setup zone on window
I use firefox and use in :
about:config
Search : full-screen-api.ignore-widgets
Set this to true

Thanks to all of you guys !

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Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:05:23 GMT

Yes, this is very disappointing. I bought the full version a cople of years ago hoping to be able to do exactly that. I really don't see the point of having multiple monitors on the same screen if we can go full screen in each of them. A decade has passed and nothing was done.

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Binary Fortress Software — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 15:51:49 GMT

I feel display fusion offers a lot more than fancyzones. Can fancyzones save window position profiles? Can fancyzone have triggers to recall split profiles? Enable/disable monitors? Assign key combinations to Functions? Save or Restore all window locations? I also would like more features out of Display fusion but it still offers more than anything else I've tried.

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Binary Fortress Software — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 21:30:26 GMT

wow, this thread is disappointing, have just got the trial version.
I was really hoping that the virtual spliting of the monitor would just interact and behave as separate monitors.

I'm struggling to see what this software provides anything other than what FancyZones does for free, this is $40?

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Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 17:51:23 GMT

The Firefox trick works great. However, I haven't been able to figure out something like this for VSCode. If I fullscreen it, it takes up the entire physical screen.

EDIT: I came up with a solution using AutoHotkey. I simply set it up to move the active window slightly beyond the top of the screen, thus hiding the top bar, while also increasing the size of the window equally.

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```visual-basic
^!Up::
    WinGetPos,X,Y,W,H,A
    increment := 40
    newh := (H + increment)
    newy := (Y - increment)
    WinMove,A,,%X%,%newy%,W,%newh%
return
^!Down::
    WinGetPos,X,Y,W,H,A
    increment := 40
    newh := (H - increment)
    newy := (Y + increment)
    WinMove,A,,%X%,%newy%,W,%newh%
return
```

Quick explanation: When you press Ctrl+Alt+Up, the height of the active window is increased by 40 pixels and the Y coordinate of the window is adjusted equally (relative to the left top corner). Ctrl+Alt+Down does the reverse. This is very specific to the resolution of the display I'm currently using.

I'm certain this could also be done in DisplayFusion, with minimal coding, but if anyone else here is using AHK in conjunction with DisplayFusion, maybe you'll it useful.

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Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:20:54 GMT

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I found a great solution using Firefox. You can limit fullscreen mode to the window size by typing about:config in the address bar and changing full-screen-api.ignore-widgets to true. Credit to u/panoptigram on Reddit. Hope this helps!

This solution has already been mentioned above in this thread. The problem is that it only works in Firefox, and we need it in all applications.

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Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:19:10 GMT

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Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 08:40:46 GMT

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My prediction: My 4 year old grandson will grow up to be an astronaut. He will be sent on a 3 year mission to Mars. His new desk in his office on Mars will have a gigantic 32k 240" 1000Hz monitor. He will decide to check this thread to see if DF can do full screen apps in splits yet. They will be taking a look at implementing this in the next build.

HAH!!

He will also need to add 2 extra Quantum Super Cores to his rig to handle all the registry and file system spamming.

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Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 02:12:04 GMT

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Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 23:53:26 GMT

Are there any plans for this feature at all?

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Binary Fortress Software — Sun, 15 May 2022 08:26:21 GMT

This thread is 8(!) years old and the last comment from a dev was 2 years ago. I don't know your definition of "soon", but I would not bet any money on seeing a solution ever...

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Binary Fortress Software — Sun, 15 May 2022 08:11:06 GMT

Magic Borderless that I got off of steam for a few bucks fullscreens on a virtual display. I use that and virtual display manager to fullscreen games and apps. I have display fusion but haven't used it since. I am subscribing to this thread to see if display fusion will have the fullscreen feature soon.

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Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:04:12 GMT

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Type "about:config" in Firefox URL search bar and set "full-screen-api.ignore-widgets" to true.
I CONFIRM THAT THIS SOLUTION WORKS!
Then what you can do is just create a function that re-formats your window for example to a 720p format (1280x72px) and have its position changed to top or bottom corner. That way you can have 2 youtube videos (or netflix, plex etc.) neatly displayed one at the top and one at the bottom at the same time (i do this on my Samsung G9)... or just have 1 window with video in HD with black bars. I personally prefer 720p as it leaves more room (3840px) for other stuff like Premiere, Photoshop etc.
Check out the screenshots showing this config below (after tweaking Firefox obviously):

its wonderful thanks a lot!

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Binary Fortress Software — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 16:25:41 GMT

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Visit about:config in Firefox and set full-screen-api.ignore-widgets to true, this should do the trick.

Is there something similar for Chrome? I know thee's an extension for youtube only, but that's not enough.

RE: fullscreen video in split window?

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:51:52 GMT

I think the best solution here is to trick Windows into treating monitor regions as literally separate monitors. Although I would guess that this is probably something that requires support from a video card driver or some type of virtual display driver which creates a virtual monitor that windows would treat as a standalone display.

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Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:59:43 GMT

I agree with the sentiment that this feature gets more and more important with the rise of Ultrawide Screens.
I believe the way Virtual Display Manager implements this is by injecting / hooking a DLL into programs which pretends the screen only has a certain lower resolution. This has popped up in Anti-Cheat protection for me in the past, that's how I noticed.
If such tricks are needed it would explain why DisplayFusion is hesitant (or unable) to implement this because it needs a deep level of understanding of what it going on below the hood.

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Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 23:30:47 GMT

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Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:24:03 GMT

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Hold the Shift key down BEFORE you click on the title bar of the window you are about to move to another split. It will no longer maximize in the new screen.

Thanks, that helps.
I'd like that to be inverted. Shift *if* I want the window to change behavior. So maybe a simple toggle option in DF somewhere. But that kinda helps, thanks.

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Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:58:49 GMT

Hold the Shift key down BEFORE you click on the title bar of the window you are about to move to another split. It will no longer maximize in the new screen.

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Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:23:43 GMT

Thread started in August 2014. That's over 6 years ago.
I've been using DF for about that long for managing my 3-screen setup. Today I upgraded to a Samsung G9, and well, workflow wise, it's almost a downgrade.
The feature in this thread is one of those that I'm lacking too. There's another one too, but that's going outside this thread so to speak: when you drag a *non maximized* window between virtual screens, for ex from 1.2 to 1.3, the window will *maximize* in the new virtual window.
But to the devs: this feature is getting more and more important as more people start getting wide screens. I've a hard time believing it's not fixable since there's an API for almost this (full-screen-api) and you've had over 6 years to solve it somehow. This is way more important that wallpapers.
Kindly

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Binary Fortress Software — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 01:50:37 GMT

Seems like this feature is only duplication of the taskbar and limiting windows resize, which is cool in itself but not what I am looking for. My goal is to play a video game AND watch a movie via VLC at the same time on the same monitor (TV).
If you guys manage to do that, I'll sure buy the software. Bonus point if you have presets to conserve the aspect ratio (putting black on some part of the screen), either side by side of diagonally with part of onw screen occluding the other. Also bonus points for easily muting or changing volume of each virtual displays.

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Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 20:11:38 GMT

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I have a 49" Samsung Odyssey, and while DisplayFusion is very helpful, it still has a LOT of bugs, odd behavior, missing features and shortcomings. I waffle between whether it is the best option or not, but usually come down on the side of it is worthwhile. They do seem to be attempting regular improvements and are responsive to this forum.

Define " a LOT". I also do have the Odyssey G9 but haven't encountered many bugs. Missing features, yes.

I just posted my list yesterday:

https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/long-list-of-issues/?ID=2b7f51ce-11d6-4917-a033-973bb1e42786

Perhaps you were thinking I meant bugs with the Odyssey G9? That is working quite well for me on the newer BIOSes (1008+), if so.

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