https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d DisplayFusion RSS: Feature Request: Monitor Aliases for Functions Sat, 23 May 2026 16:19:41 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d#6 Fri, 22 May 2015 15:30:15 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d#6 DisplayFusion Ok, thanks for confirming! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d#5 Thu, 21 May 2015 23:31:54 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d#5 DisplayFusion Made a point to confirm today after taking a video driver update that the monitor numbers reset after a reboot. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d#4 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:38:25 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d#4 DisplayFusion Ok no worries, just wanted to check the easy stuff first

We have a couple of ideas on how we might be able to make this work. If we're able to implement the changes and they work, I'll update this topic so that you can test it out.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d#3 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:19:41 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d#3 DisplayFusion Could be, as I don't use my hotkeys very often. But I just went through it last night (the updating of my functions) and I don't think the driver updated recently, so I suspect the renumbering survived a reboot.

I also use nVidia. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d#2 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:59:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d#2 DisplayFusion This happens to me some times when updating NVIDIA drivers as well, but a reboot usually fixes it up. Do your monitor IDs stay changed after rebooting, or do they go back to the proper ones? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d Fri, 27 Mar 2015 04:57:21 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-monitor-aliases-for-functions/?ID=ed2dea22-a9a6-4310-8de3-923526f2c38d DisplayFusion I run with 4 monitors. From time to time (I think when I upgrade video drivers), the monitor numbers change.

Which sets all my functions for hotkeying windows to different places break.

It would be nifty if I could set up monitor aliases and have my functions point to those. Then when my numbers changed, I'd just need to remap the aliases and the functions would be updated.

One better would be if DF could figure out what the new mapping should be, where possible, based on monitor info (for instance, I have 3 different resolutions of monitors, and of the two with the same resolution, one is Portrait and the other Portrait (flipped)). Clearly, this wouldn't work all the time, but it would still be a time saver. ]]>