Problems with Multiple Monitors

[Martin Koob]

Hi

I have found that when I arrange monitors on my MacBook Pro I can’t position the second monitor above the main monitor(the one with the menu bar).  If I do odd things happen.  Just so happens I that is the space that I have for a second monitor  is on a stand above the screen of my MacBook Pro.  So I had to position my second monitor to the left of my main monitor.  I am then able to work on LiveCode in either monitor.  The only thing I had to do was re-train my brain that moving my mouse left was actually moving it up to my second monitor. Now it is second nature.

It is a really odd workaround and if the bug ever got fixed and I did in fact go back to to having the monitor arrangement with the second monitor above the main monitor I would probably develop carpal tunnel syndrome or maybe tennis elbow or some other musculoskeletal disorder  from my mouse hand  skidding off the mouse pad and hitting the laptop every time I want to go to the second monitor sitting above my laptop.

Martin


> On May 4, 2021, at 5:46 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> On 5/4/2021 5:32 PM, Fred Moyer via use-livecode wrote:
>> Anyone having problems with multiple monitors and LC? I’m running 9.6.1 - Mac. I have a feeling LC is confused because I like to connect and disconnect monitors from my MacBook Pro. (Even the MacOS sometimes gets confused.) But now LC is doing crazy things — even when no external monitors are connected. I’ll move the mouse to the top of a stack window, and ask for the Mouseloc and it will return something like "100,-60”. If I click a button in the middle of the stack, the click will register in an object the 60 pixels above that. It’s not always 60 — the wrongness changed as I move the stack around. Other times it works fine. I can’t find a pattern to set it off.
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Fred
>> 
>> 
> 
> With multiple monitor, zero vertical is the top of the top most monitor - regardless of whether it is the primary monitor or not. The on desktopChanged message may also be helpful as it is sent when the displays/monitors change
> 
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