User options

Chapter 7 - User options for multi-display ease of use

►Designate a new primary monitor

►Move or auto-hide the Windows Taskbar

►Use QuickDesk / PowerDesk utilities

►Enlarge and speed up the mouse pointer

You may want to change some Windows settings to optimize your multi-monitor workspace. This chapter discusses three popular options (which can be combined):

Designate a new primary monitor

Move the Windows Taskbar, if you prefer it placed on a different monitor

Use the supplied QuickDesk / PowerDesk utilities to control where program windows and dialog boxes open

Enlarge and speed up the mouse pointer to accommodate the large display area

What is a “primary monitor”?

Windows employs the concept of a “primary” monitor, which can be complemented by a number of “secondary” monitors. By default, when you install the SideCar, your notebook LCD display remains the primary monitor, and all the SideCar monitors are secondary monitors.

The primary monitor typically has the following attributes:

Programs open by default in the primary monitor. (However, some programs will save their window position on closing, and reopen where they were used last – sometimes stretched across multiple monitors, if preferred. Also, supplied QuickDesk / PowerDesk utilities can change the default application behavior.)

Dialog boxes (pop-up windows) from Windows and applications appear in the primary monitor. (Again, supplied utilities change this default behavior.)

The primary monitor gathers Windows desktop icons on the left edge of that monitor.

The Windows Taskbar appears in the primary monitor by default, but can be moved easily to any monitor.

The primary monitor often can display motion video using the DirectDraw hardware overlay plane – required for best-quality motion video playback by many (but not all) video editing applications and media players (Some applications display motion video without such “hardware acceleration”, and some applications can display video using either method – although hardware acceleration normally yields superior quality). Note: support for the hardware overlay plane is left to the graphics controller manufacturer and display adapter drivers, and can be enabled/disabled by the user through the Display Properties / Settings / Advanced / Troubleshooting panel. (Drag the “Hardware Acceleration” slider to “Full” to enable hardware video overlay. This is the default setting, so normally users do not need to change the setting.)

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