popups focused to primary monitor

[MikeM]

Just a minor issue that seems to have come with version 11. I utilize multiple monitors and as of version 11 my "popup" errors, info boxes, etc. appear only on my primary monitor and not the monitor I have Irricad open in as it used to. While it's really only a minor irritation I am curious if there is any quick fix to this?

Thanks!
Mike

[Dan Crosby]

Hi Mike,

I also use a dual monitor setup, and I recognise this irritation too! Unfortunately, Irricad is not 'multi-monitor aware', and making it so will require code changes. To be honest, they'd be low priority changes.

In the meantime, depending upon your graphics card, you may get some traction from NVIEW (nVidia) or Hydravision (ATI). These architecture specific drivers have support for swapping between monitors and also have options to force dialogs to particular monitors (e.g., Hydravision can force dialogs to monitor 1, the monitor with the mouse or the monitor with the application).

I haven't actually used these, so I can't speak to how well they work - but this might prompt me to investigate.

I would recommend using UltraMon though, for a multi-monitor setup. Having multiple taskbars showing monitor-specific programs is a huge boon.

Dan