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HardwareBoB
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I read this topic https://www.binaryfortress.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1844.0
The "Individual monitors" is not the case - Eyefinity appears as a single continuous space, but allows you to ask the ATI drivers where the monitors are.

http://developer.amd.com/gpu/adlsdk/Pages/default.aspx

I'm currently using the AMD control panel to switch between different profiles, but this is a pain, if displayfusion detected eyefinity, I could use it all the time.
Jul 9, 2010  • #1
Jon Tackabury (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Even if DisplayFusion could ask the drivers where the monitors are, none of the other Windows API functions would work correctly because the monitors aren't truly separate as far as Windows is concerned. :( So things like window positioning, wallpaper... etc would be a bit out of whack with DisplayFusion. Unfortunately it sounds like I would need to rewrite a significant part of the underlying structure to support this. I would love to be able to support this, but I don't have enough hours in the day to do it right now, sorry. :(
Jul 14, 2010  • #2
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HardwareBoB
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Hi Jon,
I appreciate your clear and honest reply.
Thanks for creating a handy bit of software, even if it doesn't support my corner case (I can't imagine huge amounts of people run eyefinity, and I'll just have to deal with switching profiles.)
Jul 17, 2010  • #3
Jon Tackabury (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Sorry I didn't have better news, I hope you continue to enjoy DisplayFusion. :)
Jul 19, 2010  • #4
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CBS-IT
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Thank you for your response Jon. I understand that eyefinity is not a simple code change but maybe there is a middle ground. My favorite feature DisplayFusion Pro is the multi monitor taskbar ability. This feature is why I purchased the program and might be simpler to to implement in an eyefinity situation then the full gambit of features. I it was very disappointing to get my new video card installed and find out my favorite feature the multi monitor taskbar did not work. I am sure displayfusion is largely purchased by power users with mulitple monitors and I think that demographic is also likely to buy into eyefinity so there may be some imperative to expand some feature to support for eyefinity.
Dec 12, 2010  • #5
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kickmic
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As a user of DisplayFusion, the benefits I enjoy are 1. extending Windows taskbar across all monitors, and 2. the taskbar only showing the relevant windows for each particular monitor.

Have just upgraded to 3 monitors via an eyefinity GPU - i.e. using 1 ATI card to run 3 x (1920 x 1200) monitors

Via Catalyst software, rather than set up the monitors as 1 large monitor (5760 x 1200) the option is there within the ATI software to set up 3 indivudal monitos (3 x (1920 x 1200).
Choosing this option results in the Windows taskbar only being displayed on the primary* monitor (you can nominate which monitor within the configuration is primary)

I nominated the far left monitor as primary.
I purchased Display version Pro and am successfully using Display Fusion to display my taskbar across all 3 monitors, while only displaying the relevant windows for each particular monitor. (Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit, Dell x 3 (1920 x 1200) LCD, Gigabyte/ATI HD5850 OC GPU)

Windows notifcation icons are shown only on the primary monitor taskbar. The time is shown on all three monitors.

Hope this clears up options for eyefinity users
Dec 12, 2010  • #6
Jon Tackabury (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
@kickmic: Thanks for the tip! I don't have an eyefinity system to test with, so hopefully this will help all the other ATI users out there. :)
Jan 20, 2011  • #7
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abyssrunner
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Quote:
@kickmic: Thanks for the tip! I don't have an eyefinity system to test with, so hopefully this will help all the other ATI users out there. :)


Resurrected!

*Another vote to implement more features that are eyefinity-aware.*

I purchased a license this morning in hopes of someday being able to utilize eyefinity mode (multiple monitors as 1, e.g. 5760x1200 resolution).

I think you may be able to add some features more easily than others... currently you have a way to send a program to another monitor (not sure why you can't click a button to send it to a specific monitor, only the "next" monitor).

What I propose is a feature similar to ati's hydravision software (horrible and discontinued i think) where you have the ability to create a user-defined grid (which is invisible at run time except when snapping windows) that you can snap windows into based upon a hotkey being held down at the time you click the maximize button, or when youre dragging a window.

As an example..
If I hold down [shift] and click Maximize, the window will span across all 3 monitors using the full resolution regardless of pre-defined grids.
If I hold down [alt] and click Maximize, the window will snap to the closest grid the window is next to, and expand or contract to that grid's specified size
If I hold down [ctrl] and click Maximize, the window will snap to the largest grid the window is closest to (on a single monitor) and expand or contract to that grid's size

This feature would be applicable to all users regardless of system configuration because the grids are user-defined.

Is this feasible?
Mar 31, 2011  • #8
Jon Tackabury (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Some kind of grid layout is planned, I just don't have a release date yet, sorry. :)
Apr 6, 2011  • #9
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Thomas Pederson
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Sorry to revive a possibly dead thread, I was using a piece of software called Matrox PowerDesk, it's intended for there hardware but I've used it to do exactly described as above. Unfortunately it's too simple and has been causing problems repainting interior windows in things like services.msc. I recently started trying display fusion again but can't find any feature as mentioned to split 1 display into 3 please let me know if/when this feature does exist and to where I could find it? Thanks..
Oct 27, 2011  • #10
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
It hasn't been implemented yet, but I've added your vote to the feature request.

Thanks!
Oct 27, 2011  • #11
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Jake69
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kickmic, you've completely missed the point of this thread. We want to avoid disabling eyefinity.
Mar 30, 2013  • #12
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
We've just released DisplayFusion 5.1 Beta 17, and it now includes support for splitting Nvidia Surround/AMD Eyefinity setups so that each monitor can have separate taskbars, wallpaper, etc.

After updating to the beta, you can configure the splits using the DisplayFusion Monitor Configuration window.

If you get a chance to try it out, please let us know how it goes.

Thanks!
Aug 24, 2013  • #13
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abyssrunner
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Thanks Keith.

So glad for the subscription service to threads or I probably would never have found this again ;)
Aug 24, 2013  • #14
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Sarris
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Anyone interested in an adjustable invisible grid should try Gridy. I've been using it for years. It's free and seems compatible with DF.

Here: http://www.sector-seven.net/software/gridy
Aug 24, 2013 (modified Aug 24, 2013)  • #15
Jon Tackabury (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
@Sarris: DisplayFusion now has a feature called "Monitor Splits" that do something very similar to what it looks like Gridy does. When you use DisplayFusion's splits, you can also have separate taskbars and screen savers on each split monitor, as well as the window snapping that Gridy provides. :)
Aug 24, 2013 (modified Aug 24, 2013)  • #16
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Sarris
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Jon, I understand. The reason I use Gridy, is that it gives you control of the grid snap size down to 4px. It's also a free-bee.

The split monitor options works great and the Gridy grid within each monitor split works as well for individual window positioning.

Just an FYI. Let me know if you think my thought process on this is incorrect.

Regards;

Sarris
Aug 24, 2013 (modified Aug 24, 2013)  • #17
Jon Tackabury (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Ah, I see. :) You're right, DisplayFusion doesn't support different sized split regions yet, but that's definitely planned. We wanted to keep the first version of splitting simple and improve it over time.
Aug 24, 2013  • #18
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Sarris
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Jon, Gridy doesn't split the screens. I'm sorry if I misled you. All it does is create an invisible snap-to grid within whatever screen divisions that DF has created. It sizes and snaps the program windows to a specified size invisible grid.

Try it out.

Sarris
Aug 24, 2013  • #19
Jon Tackabury (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
That sounds very similar to what DisplayFusion does, you can maximize windows and snap them inside the virtual splits. I'm glad to hear that the 2 programs work well together for you. :)
Aug 24, 2013  • #20
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