I'm trying to understand horizontal view

[Fuganator]

Hey guys I am fairly new to this dual boxing stuff. I have a 22" monitor that I have been playing wow on and I have an old 17" sitting in my closet that I am thinking about using as well. If I set up my graphics card to run horizontal span, does that basically mean in essence that the 2 monitors are operating as one giant computer screen? That is my understanding of it.

If that is the case, then would I set up 1 region as 1680x1050 as my main then I could set up my second region on monitor 2 as say 800x600 and makes its position be 1680,0? Am I on the right track with this? Thanks for the help for the noob.

[keyclone]

if you are using horizontal view, then yes, you could do something like that

pull down the display selector on the lower right side of the maximizer panel. if tehre is only display1 ... then it's 1 big screen.
otherwise, you're either on vista (horizontal view removed) or in dual view

[zanthor]

Hey guys I am fairly new to this dual boxing stuff. I have a 22" monitor that I have been playing wow on and I have an old 17" sitting in my closet that I am thinking about using as well. If I set up my graphics card to run horizontal span, does that basically mean in essence that the 2 monitors are operating as one giant computer screen? That is my understanding of it.

If that is the case, then would I set up 1 region as 1680x1050 as my main then I could set up my second region on monitor 2 as say 800x600 and makes its position be 1680,0? Am I on the right track with this? Thanks for the help for the noob.

One issue: Your monitors must run in the same resolutio nfor span to work. If you have a 22" and a 17" I'd wager it's a wide 22 and a 4:3 17... different resolutions, no dice for span.

[Fuganator]

Hey guys I am fairly new to this dual boxing stuff. I have a 22" monitor that I have been playing wow on and I have an old 17" sitting in my closet that I am thinking about using as well. If I set up my graphics card to run horizontal span, does that basically mean in essence that the 2 monitors are operating as one giant computer screen? That is my understanding of it.

If that is the case, then would I set up 1 region as 1680x1050 as my main then I could set up my second region on monitor 2 as say 800x600 and makes its position be 1680,0? Am I on the right track with this? Thanks for the help for the noob.

One issue: Your monitors must run in the same resolutio nfor span to work. If you have a 22" and a 17" I'd wager it's a wide 22 and a 4:3 17... different resolutions, no dice for span.

You are right zanthor. Would I be better off just alt-tabbing then on my main monitor?

[zanthor]

Personally I'd split the 22"... if you have the facilities to rotate it 90 degree's and run it vertical you can run two instances @ nearly 4:3 ratios... the other option is to not use full screen and use PIP.... a 3rd option (in the next version of keyclone I believe) is to run two regions the same size and use that for PIP, one behind the other... hotkeys switch which ones in front, etc...

All smoother than alt-tabs.

[Gares]

I have the exact same setup right now ( I use double monitors) but I am having a rough time with a few macro's (namely the automation of quests one) because using 2 monitors is screwing up my right click ability. I'm tempted to setup 5 on one screen or maybe just overlap them all.

But its so nice being able to see everything going on easy.