Multiple Monitor Support

Is it possible to run more than 1 external monitor from my MacBook? I have an early 2008, black Macbook and would like to add a 2nd external monitor.

I plan to use the Matrox DualHead2Go DP (DisplayPort) Edition to run two external monitors off of my MacBook. I don't think you will find many reviews on it yet since it isn't available at stores. I think it is scheduled for Q3 of 2009. It is a bit pricey, ~$230 for the 2-display version. Matrox is a company that has been around for a long time and is incredibly reliable. They were the first company (I think) to make a dual-display PCI video card for desktop computers, long before it was commonplace. I consider them the multi-monitor solution king for professional environments.
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/
The only other option I can find is USB to DVI, but most reviews that I read are not very good.

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Feature Request - Better Multiple Monitor Support

Lightroom's support for a second display has definitely helped my workflow. I hope the team will consider adding more flexible multiple monitor support in version 4. Here's why.
I've recently experimented with running one of my three screens in portrait mode. When this screen hosts Lightroom's secondary display window in Loupe view, my verticals finally get equal real estate for editing. While I've not done hard statistics on my library, I know more than 50% of my imagery is in portrait orientation.
I'd like to see LR V4 support three or more screens so I could set up as follow:
Screen 1 - main lightroom interface, would not need to be calibrated, for controls and navigation
Screen 2 - Portrait orientation, loupe view - this would be a calibrated display, all develop changes to verticals would be judged on this screen
Screen 3 - Landscape orientation, loupe view - another calibrated display, all develop changes to horizontals would be judged on this screen
If Adobe could make the app intelligent enough to route the image to the correct screen based on orientation (recognizing and respecting cropping that could change orientation) my edit sessions would certainly speed up and I could maximize the productivity of multiple screens.
I'd be happy with this, but I'm also stymied by the need to switch back to Library mode to tag images when my primary workflow has me in develop. Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the image. Before I invest in image-specific meta data, I have to process or at least "test-process" an image. IMO the Quick Develop panel is useless, once you become accustomed to the granular control of the develop sliders, it just doesn't cut it.
In the three monitor setup I described above I'd love to be able to configure screen 1, with a combination of panels from Library and Develop, so I could stay "develop centric" with immediate access to keywording and meta. The two additional screens would intelligently handle image display.
I think this might speed my workflow by 33% and having just returned from a Tour de France project that generated 23,000 images I need all the productivity help I can get.

VeloDramatic wrote:
Thanks for all those votes Rob. Now we just need to get the other 999,999 on board.
Actually, this topic has come up a lot on this forum. At this point, I think we just need to get Adobe on board.
VeloDramatic wrote:
There may be another thread for this one additional thought. If Adobe does improve multiple monitor support, we should be able to optimize our previews for those screens. Even after prerendering 1:1 previews there are issues with DEVELOP doing its own thing (I believe) each time a new image is loaded. I make extensive use of the PREVIOUS button moving through my shoots and there's always a lag of one or two seconds while the develop preview loads before the button is active. In a desktop environment where multiple screens allow landscape and portrait images to be displayed full screen I'd argue that 100% of the host screen resolution would be the ideal preview. Hope that made sense.
Yes, faster switching would be nice. I'm not sure what that would take. As it stands, there's like "9" previews generated when you do 1:1s - 100% down to tiny thumbnails. Still, one at exact monitor size that does not need to be resized at all does seem like it would be the fastest - I'm a bit on a limb though at this point.
Rob

NB520 - Multiple monitor support

Do NB520 have multiple monitor support built in, if not, how can I have multiple monitor support for my NB520? I need for using a Pewerpoint 2007 (to display presenter view differs from audience view).
Many thanks for an answer in advance.

Hi smit_Aood,
The NB520 supports one external monitor and you can use internal + external monitor at the same time (two monitors are supported). Furthermore you can choose if you want to extend the desktop on second monitor or clone it.
Using FN+F5 key combination you can switch between different modes.
Last but not least you can also use a Beamer or TV as second monitor. A certain computer monitor is not required. ;)

Multiple Monitor support using RDP in Windows 10

Does anyone know if you can use multiple monitors when connecting through RDP in Windows 10? In Windows 7, you need to be using Windows 7 Ultimate in order for RDP to support more than one monitor.
For example, my home setup has (2) 22" monitors and I want to RDP to my work PC which also has (2) 22" monitors. We are running windows 7 Pro, so only one monitor would display on my home PC and I couldn't view my 2nd work monitor.
Thanks!

Michalsm2000,
I can't test that due to the shortage of resources.
For the RDP multiple Monitor support, it should be supposed to work on Windows 10.
Regarding what is new in RDP, you may check:
What's New in Remote Desktop Services in the Windows Server Technical Preview
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Leadtek A280 TD (TI-4800SE) Multiple monitor support not available on

Hello,
I have a new Leadtek Winfast A280 TD MyVIVO card (TI-4800) on a MSI K7N2G-ILSR (nForce2 motherboard). Completely fresh installation of XP pro with nothing except the nForce 2 motherboard drivers and the latest (43.45)drivers. I know that the internal nForce IGP is disabled when an AGP card is inserted.
I have two LG 1710S (VGA connector only monitors), both plugged into the A280, one in the VGA port and the other one into the DVI port using a DVI-to_VGA converter.
The problem is that I cannot use my second monitor at all. When booting it displays a cloned inage, but once in XP the second display (on the DVI) goes blank and stays blank. Nothing I can do with nView or the drivers will make
it work (or even be detected) in any way at all.
Three key points:
1. nView Desktop Manager -> Windows -> Window control is all greyed out.
2. Desktop -> Properties -> Settings shows only one monitor with none of the 'Extend my windows desktop' options one normally sees with dual head cards.
3. Desktop -> Properties -> Settings -> Advanced -> GeForce -> nView display mode ->nView modes only the Standard (Dualview) option is available and the graphic shows only one screen.
I am reasonably experienced with multiple monitors having used Matrox cards for years and setup a nice little Shuttle SN42G dual monitor system using the same nVidia drivers. So I am fairly sure I've not overlooked a setting somewhere.
BIOS is all fully up to date (1.3) and XP SP1 is applied. The card works fine in 3D games and everything, but just does not seem to realise it has a second monitor.
*** KEY POINT ***
I am worried that the MSI K7N2G-ILSR motherboard is somehow preventing the support of dual monitors with my A280 card in WinXP because it itself does not support dual monitors with the IGP. This may not be true, but I have to post my experience into this forum.
*** KEY POINT ***
Thanks,
James Burton

Okay. I figured out what was going wrong. Nothing to do with the MSI or the motherboard but it is of interest to anyone wanting dual monitor on two LCD flat screens.
It turns out that the A280 graphics card (and probably other nVidia cards) do not detect LCD monitors (at least by default) in the secondary position.
This was verified when I connected an normal CRT as secondary an it all wored fine.
Further discussions will be posted in the nVidia newsgroup for those interested
James Burton

Multiple monitor support is broken in 10.9.3 update

One of the biggest reasons I bought a 2013 Mac PRO was the advertised claim that "It supports up to three 4K displays running simultanously".
I need this kind of pixel pushing power.
I do research and development that requires having a lot of information in front of me, so I run four monitors -- two Dell 2560x1600 monitors, and two DELL 1600x1200 monitors, with appropriate adaptors to convert mini-displayport to DVI and dual-link DVI (at significant additional cost).
Up until today, it was all running beautifully and flawlessly.
Today, I updated to 10.9.3, and only two monitors come up. I tried rebooting, tried turning moitors on and off, tried unplugging and replugging in the monitors. I can get any two of the monitors to work, it just depends on which two I plug in first, and it doesn't matter which ports I plug them into. In any arrangement, it only sees the first two monitors I plug in and the last two just stay black. System Preferences only knows about those first two.
Does anyone know if it's possible to downgrade back to the previous version of the OS and how?
Or, does anyone know about a workaround?
Does Apple even care anymore?

hkruse: Thank you! Fortunately I did have a TM backup from before the update. It worked flawlessly. But I wish there had been a manual with this machine including such wonderful tidbits of info. How are we mere mortals supposed to find this stuff? Posting to this message board and sloghing through the hit-or-miss responses is wasteful and tedious. I lost most of one day and one morning because of this "update'.
It makes me wonder how many millions of person-hours are lost that could have been avoided by one or two engineers taking their job a little more serioustly, with a management staff that backs them up?
When I worked at IBM (early 1990s), I was on the QA team for AIX. We had a whole roomfull of technicians who were constantly developing, refining, running and documenting suites of regression tests on AIX and every enhancement in the pipeline. Does no one do this anymore?
I've also contributed to Linux back in the 90's and was shocked at how easy it was to get code included in that package-- one of the reasons I don't trust Linux today (I love it for a playground environment, but I'd never rely on it for serious work!)
Companies like Apple and Microsoft have a social reponsibility to make these critical systems efficient and reliable. I wish they'd spend a lot less time making things cute (the bouncing text bubbles in the IOS texting app, for instance, or the skeumorphic shifting background on IOS home screens, etc.) and spend more time and effort to make things rock solid, so they "just work". That was the reason I switched to Apple eight years ago. Not because it was pretty.
Go ahead and make it pretty, but don't stop at "it works", keep going until you're sure it won't fail. It's easy to write code that works. Harder and more important to write code that won't fail. Anyone who doesn't understand the differrence is not a seasoned coder.
Thanks for Time Machine. I'd be screwed without that. Now please give us the documentation to use it! (and the PRAM, the SMC, anything else that we ought to know about to rescure us from these premature, half-cocked updates...) Here's an idea: Print a reference manual and put it int he box with a new machine. I make educational model kits these days, and every one of my products comes with a manual. If I can do it, why can't you? A 70 page perfect-bound manual costs less than $2 to print. Seriously.
Does anyone know how to disable these App Store update reminders? I hate having to click "remind me later" then "tomorrow" every day... I won't be installing any more updates without researching them first (and what a further waste of time that will be!)
Treat us right Apple. Be responsible.

Multiple monitors support in mission control?

I have two monitors, a Wacom Cintiq and my MBP and i want Mission control to interact between the two spaces, not have them work with independent spaces that move together when i make the "swipe" gesture. Either they should SWITCH between spaces depending on which screen i have my cursor on, or they should SCROLL from one monitor to the next..
thoughts? help?

Do you have 3 displays, 2 monitors+1 MBP display? Are you using the term space to mean the combination of all of your displays, a specific display or something else? I have a MBP and 1 external monitor and I would like to understand what you are saying.

Dual Monitor Support NEEDED

[ Mac OS 10.4.8 - G$ QuickSilver Dual 2.0 - two large monitors ]
I just tried Lightroom for the first time today, and was shocked to see that there is no support for detaching panels onto a second monitor. This is a deal-breaker for me -- lots of glitzy clutter and not enough image space. (Yeah, you can hide panels, but working with two monitors with one monitor reserved for panels is SO much nicer.) I am very concerned that this, along with the Bridge CS3 beta's lack of multiple monitor support is indicative of a very unfortunate trend with Adobe's interface design staff.
And I hope they get the message loud and clear that a deprecation of multiple monitor support is UNACCEPTABLE.
Also, the tabbed design of Adobe Camera Raw 4 as implemented in Photoshop CS3 is much nicer than the space-consuming approach in Lightroom.

Well said, Dan. I think the thing that also troubles me is what you mention about being inbuilt from the ground up. The fact that it was considered "too difficult" to get in to v1.0 indicates that the framework of the application and the architecture therein isn't built in such a way as to make a second view of a particular image or set of images possible on a secondary monitor without significant development work. This will inevitably lead to a 'bolted on' look and feel as the holdouts within the lightroom team capitulate and shove in such support.
If even partial support for simply showing one image - or heck, a slideshow - on a designated monitor (remember some people have more than 2, especially when presenting slideshows) were included in version 1, it would indicate to me that the architecture team "wanted to do it right" and had to put off some features until later. Having to completely bolt it on after the launch just means they couldn't even get it in the basic architecture.
And, yes, Richard.... that one "feature" is certainly a deal breaker for me. "Usable" is in the mind of the "user" but usefulness is obvious. Let's consider a use-case scenario:
I have a 23" cinema display, which I like to use for showing a Really Big Image, and i have a 21" Wacom cintiq on which I like to use the pen and tap on images to select or browse them and adjust sliders and whatnot. Don't tell me that the fact I can't do that with Lightroom isn't perfectly valid instant deal breaker! With Lightroom, I can either use my cinema display and get a kind-of large image and adjust with a mouse, or I can use my cintiq and get a pretty-darn-small image and use my pen. With Aperture, I can set the "main window" as my cintiq (although I do have to do this in the OS - a minor pain) but I can see the image I'm working with (or a set of several selected images) very large on my 23". Is that not an obviously better workflow? So much to possibly be a deal breaker _without_ really even getting in to some of the less-immediately-apparent features of Lightroom? For me, yes.
Does anyone think I'm _really_ comparing apples to oranges when I look at Aperture and Lightroom side-by-side? I'm sure if I worked for Apple or Adobe, I'd try to make that claim, but as a user, what I think I am looking at are applications that let me organize, tag, view, and adjust a database of images. Which ever application is the most useful for doing those tasks wins. I hold out hope that Lightroom may one day be the winner in this arms race of image management and correction applications, but right now there is absolutely no way I can credit Lightroom with even being competitive with Aperture when one of my two monitors has to sit dark when I use Lightroom.

How can use Print and Page Setup Dialogs with multiple monitors?

It seems the designers of the printing API forgot to include multiple monitor support.
According to the API, a way to popup a print dialog is done via this manner;
1) PrinterJob.getPrinterJob().printDialog()
or
2)PrinterJob.getPrinterJob().printDialog(PrintRequestAttributeSet atts)
Option (1) brings up the native print dialog and hangs the event thread (another problem, for later i guess) and (2) brings up the Swing dialog which at least doesn't hang the event thread. And while somewhat limited is not a bad print dialog.
The problem is that there is no way to pass a GraphicsConfiguration object, so that the print dialog can know where to popup (what monitor).
So looking around, we have this newer 1.4 method
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/print/ServiceUI.html
public static PrintService printDialog(GraphicsConfiguration gc,
int x,
int y,
PrintService[] services,
PrintService defaultService,
DocFlavor flavor,
PrintRequestAttributeSet attributes) throws HeadlessException
So now this method has a way to pass a graphicsconfiguration, so it should know what monitor to create the dialog in.
But this method is such a mess to setup. When I use it, it lists the printers but doesn't select the user's default printer.
But more problematecally is that there is no PAGE SETUP dialog equivalent to this method! So I would have a print dialog that pops up in the right place, but page setup on default monitor! ARGH!!!
The code for ServiceUI has a pageDialog() method but it's commented out for "future release". What a mess.
Is there any way to solve this? To have pageDialog and printDialog on a given monitor?

It seems the designers of the printing API forgot to include multiple monitor support.
According to the API, a way to popup a print dialog is done via this manner;
1) PrinterJob.getPrinterJob().printDialog()
or
2)PrinterJob.getPrinterJob().printDialog(PrintRequestAttributeSet atts)
Option (1) brings up the native print dialog and hangs the event thread (another problem, for later i guess) and (2) brings up the Swing dialog which at least doesn't hang the event thread. And while somewhat limited is not a bad print dialog.
The problem is that there is no way to pass a GraphicsConfiguration object, so that the print dialog can know where to popup (what monitor).
So looking around, we have this newer 1.4 method
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/print/ServiceUI.html
public static PrintService printDialog(GraphicsConfiguration gc,
int x,
int y,
PrintService[] services,
PrintService defaultService,
DocFlavor flavor,
PrintRequestAttributeSet attributes) throws HeadlessException
So now this method has a way to pass a graphicsconfiguration, so it should know what monitor to create the dialog in.
But this method is such a mess to setup. When I use it, it lists the printers but doesn't select the user's default printer.
But more problematecally is that there is no PAGE SETUP dialog equivalent to this method! So I would have a print dialog that pops up in the right place, but page setup on default monitor! ARGH!!!
The code for ServiceUI has a pageDialog() method but it's commented out for "future release". What a mess.
Is there any way to solve this? To have pageDialog and printDialog on a given monitor?

High PPI Support Multiple Monitors: How it comes that Remote Desktop implements the hight PPI support very well and win 8.1 doesnt?

http://skovalev.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RemoteDesktop-HighPPI-Perfect.png
Hello all: i am using an High PPI Monitors from Dell XPS15 (3600x1800) and a Normal FullHD above it. The FullHD monitor is an external device and is set up as the primary device. Scaling is set to per Monitor DPI.
Now the Question: how it comes, that my RemoteDesktop on the secondary (internal) screen has almost perfect implementation for this????
BUT i am am talking only about the RemoteDekstopManager, normal one does not works with high ppi in this way... Also ModernUI has no problems with scaling
http://skovalev.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Firfox-and-Resolution-RemoteDesktop.png
NOTE that the resolution on the remote desktop is set to 1600x900 and there are NO scaling problems even on the 3200x1800 monitor!
On both picutures you find the dell monitor on the bottom and the scaled original windows explorer/firefox on the bottom right. See how blurry it is? I really breaks my eyes :(
I hope Microsoft can finally fix the high PPI Monitors issue, since the solutions seems to be already implemented

No, i mean the Scaling Support.
If you use multiple monitor, in windows 8.1 you can scale per monitor. If you use this option with a High PPI monitor, like ultra HD or 4K, the image on the monitors with other PPI than the main monitors appears fuzzy and blury.
But there are also scaling problems even if you use only single monitor. This article blog describes it pretty good:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/LivingAHighDPIDesktopLifestyleCanBePainful.aspx
By the way there are lot article like this describing the scaling problems, not only by users but also by professinals and IT magazines...
BUT here it comes: watch @ my screenshots. If the remote desktops resolution is 1800x900 and the native resolution is 3600x1800, there are no scaling problems! HOW? So like you can see on my screenshots a native application on my monitor appears fuzzy while
the same application runnin of the remote desktop has clear type!
That means for me, that windows HAS the possibility to scale clearly, but somehow this feature is only supported by RDCM...

Let's Be Honest / Save Time: Lenovo T430s (NVIDIA) DOES NOT Support Multiple Monitors

There have been a few comments / complaints / articles around the web regarding the T430s and difficulties using multiple monitors.
But since this capabilitiy is clearly documented in all of Lenovo's specifications and marketing literature, I went ahead and bought an i7, NVIDIA, SSD, T430s with the docking station and all the bells and whistles to facilitate 3 or even 4 monitors.
Well please listen and let's be clear: IT DOES NOT WORK. Therefore, to be clear:
DO NOT BUY THIS MACHINE AND DOCK IF YOU WANT IT TO LIVE UP TO ITS MULTI MONITOR PROMISE.
In the two weeks since FedEx arrived, here is the deal:
1) I fussed around with the dock and monitors at home and the office to no avail, for most of TWO weekends. (I am not a beginner).
2) Then, I spoke to Lenovo in Atlanta's tech support for THREE HOURS. No results
3) I spoke to Lenovo's "premium support" (paid) for FOUR HOURS. No results.
4) I consulted with a 3rd party expert on mulitple monitors who was kind enough to remote into my machine for another HOUR. No results.
5) Muliple parties have confirmed that yes, all hardware is working and yes, everything can be seen in device manager, and yes, the NVIDA card is properly switched on in the BIOS, yes I bought the i7 version etc.
6) And just in case, yes, we wiped the drive clean for a factory reset, yes we unistalled and reinstalled all the drivers and yes, we even deleted the Lenovo driver just in case the NVIDIA driver was newer or better and yes, we double checked the settings in the BIOS again.
7) Yes, we tried every connector in the dock AND the laptop: VGA, DVI, DP and mini DP - in EVERY possible combination.
And NO, IT STILL DOESN'T WORK. AT ALL. Two screens, take your pick, but THAT'S IT.
Finally, not one but TWO technicians asked me to not quote them (so I wont mention any names) but that in their opinion IT JUST DOESNT WORK AT ALL, EVER, despite Lenovo's claims / insistance that it is configured for 3 and even 4 monitors.
So the final conclusion was only that Lenovo must have rushed this T430 spec / configuration / capability to market (including the glossy brochures!) before figuring out that something is missing in the handshake between the mother board and the NVIDIA card?
Or in the firmware re swithing between the Intel (internal) and NVIDA card?
Or something else which prevents the NVIDIA card from seeing the ports on the laptop or the dock?
In summary 1) you get NOTHING from the NVIDIA upgrade and with respect to more than 2 monitors, IT JUST DOES NOT WORK, AT ALL, EVER, PERIOD and END OF STORY.
I too am a die hard old school Thinkpad enthusiast and with the company's service could match their classic products.
I have an X201 that I generall love, but would appreciate more speed, an SSD and I have to drive at least 3 external monitors, using at least 1920 x 1080 resolution.
Perhaps a W series Thinkpad would work, but I also travel so going up to the T430s was already a sacrifice vs the small size of the X201.
There are some 3rd party solutions but they are expensive and not so sure how plug and play they are with 3 or more monitors - what the T430s and Mini Dock 3.0 are SUPPOSED TO DO. But they dont.
Not giving up yet, but this has been a real bummer.
PS
Lenovo was very focused, efficient, and uncompromising when charging my CC for "premium" support.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Thors,
Thank you and happy to report, albeit after all the hours and now weekend number 3:
1) For the moment, I am able to repeat the 3 screen performance using mini DP from the Thinkpad and 2 DPs from the dock to the external monitors
AND
2) For the first time ever, I am just now for the first time running the 3rd external monitor from the VGA port on the dock.
That is what I meant by using the various ports on the dock, so that the Thinkpad can simply be docked and undocked without connecting the mini DP - the purpose of a dock obviously. As stated in other threads and articles, various configurations of the dock ports supposedly work to achieve 3 external screens, but until today was not able to do this.
That is the good news and thank you for all help.
The bad news is I stil have no clear idea why this has been so difficult, or where the problem lives that consumed so many hours of my own time and many hours with Lenovo tech support as stated above.
Some success seems to have happened only after more than one set of LONG updates to Windows 7 (?)
If I can replicate this set up the office (where I have 3 of the same monitors) I will be almost there.
Thank you again to all for help and support.

[Non IE Regression] Support for full screen mode with multiple monitors

This seems to be a regression with Flash Player v11.2.202.x (for all other browsers).
With Internet Explorer it is still working.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/890/cpsid_89050.html
== Support for full screen mode with multiple monitors ==
Full screen content will remain in full-screen on secondary monitors, allowing users to watch full-screen content while working on another display.
Tested on Windows 7 x64 SP1 with:
- Internet Explorer 9
- Firefox Release, Beta, Aurora, Nightly
- Opera 12 build 1116
In bugbase.adobe.com I cannot choose v11.2.x

Please vote for it If you have the same problem:
https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3016912
Thanks

OS X Maverick Multi Display Support for grouping multiple monitors into one display?

Will the new Mac Pro be capable of grouping multiple monitors into one large display? Similar to AMD Eyefinity for the purpose of gaming.

The current Mac Pro, or any Mac released since 1987 that can support multiple displays can ALREADY support combining all attached displays into one Extended Desktop, onto which you can open the gaming window and game across multiple displays. It is built into the System Software.

Multiple monitor fullscreen support

One of the features that was announced for Mountain Lion was Full screen support for multiple monitors, however while I can now full-screen to either of my monitors, it stiull blanks out the other monitor which is kinda useless. Any plans or ways to work around this? I'd like to be able to do things like watch a movie in full-screen on one monitor while browsing the web etc on the other...

Unfortunately, you have been misled by Apple's clever wording. They never said you'd be able to have full-screen in one monitor and work normally in the other (although that is of course what any reasonable person would expect), they said you can have full-screen in either display. Indeed you can. You can make monitor 1 full screen and blank out monitor 2, or you can make monitor 2 full screen and blank out monitor 1.
This is the second time I've noticed  resorting to word play to cover up a missing feature (the other is no real due dates in Reminders). Disappointing lack of integrity, IMO.
Go full screen on any display
If you have a secondary display connected to your Mac, you can take an app full screen on either display. Drag the window to the desired display and click the full-screen button.

[SOLVED]Looking for a tiling manager which supports multiple monitors

I use musca and I absolutely have no problems with it other than this :
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 04#p774104
I also tried emailing the musca distribution list but it bounced, so I am not sure how actively it is being maintained.
So I am on the lookout for a new tiling window manager. I know Xmonad supports multiple monitors, but I do not know haskell and I was hoping to find something else as well. Xmonad is also not a manual tiler.
So let me know if anyone of you knows of a tiler that has the above support.
EDIT : I have already looked at the Comparison of Tiling Window Managers over at the wiki. Infact I was the one who added Musca's entry in that table.
Last edited by Inxsible (2010-07-13 05:49:13)

Inxsible wrote:I installed i3 - along with the i3status - which I still have to figure out. I am liking what I see as of now. It reminds me of wmii -- when I used it way back when. However I do not like the title bar. I would much rather prefer a 1 px border around the focused window.
"i3 was created because wmii, our favorite window manager at the time, didn't provide some features we wanted (multi-monitor done right, for example), had some bugs, didn't progress since quite some time and wasn't easy to hack at all (source code comments/documentation completely lacking). Still, we think the wmii developers and contributors did a great job. Thank you for inspiring us to create i3. "
To change the border of the current client, you can use bn to use the normal border (including window title), bp to use a 1-pixel border (no window title) and bb to make the client borderless. There is also bt which will toggle the different border styles.
Examples:
bindsym Mod1+t bn
bindsym Mod1+y bp
bindsym Mod1+u bb
or put in your config file
new_window bb
from: http://i3.zekjur.net/docs/userguide.html (you probably already found that by now )

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