Hello everybody, I have a quick question for you all.
I was throwing around the idea of purchasing a second monitor to be used as for reference and extra working space. I figure, it'd be cool as heck to have a game playing on the primary monitor, and, say, a page with the map information... cheat codes... hint & tricks... even a walkthrough on the second monitor. I have hooked up a second monitor to see how it works, and it works pretty good! There are a few glitches I had to battle... like resolution changing window positions, throwing everything out of whack, et cetera. I've gotten it working pretty good, but here's my final bug:
When you're playing a game fullscreen, moving the mouse moves the character's view or the little cursor within the game. You cannot move your mouse over to the secondary screen and click to scroll or access other information or whatever. If the program supports hotkeys (Like WinAmp, for example) the whole deal works sweetly. I can see what music I'm listening to, jump around on the playlist, et cetera... without ever leaving the game. My question is: If I were to purchase a touchscreen, would I then be able to interact with items on that screen without the game being minimized or messed with?
It really needs to be tested to find out, because I'm not sure how windows interprets a press on the touchscreen. Does it move the mouse cursor over real quick, click, and send it back? If so, that'd probably not work, and send the game minimizing beause it lost focus. Does anybody out there have a touchscreen that they could try this on? I would be very greatful! Just launch a fullscreen 3d game on one monitor, and try messing with something on the second monitor.
I'd do it myself, but I don't have a touchscreen! And I'd like to just verify that this will work before I spend a paycheck! Thanks again!
Ross Adam Baker
I was throwing around the idea of purchasing a second monitor to be used as for reference and extra working space. I figure, it'd be cool as heck to have a game playing on the primary monitor, and, say, a page with the map information... cheat codes... hint & tricks... even a walkthrough on the second monitor. I have hooked up a second monitor to see how it works, and it works pretty good! There are a few glitches I had to battle... like resolution changing window positions, throwing everything out of whack, et cetera. I've gotten it working pretty good, but here's my final bug:
When you're playing a game fullscreen, moving the mouse moves the character's view or the little cursor within the game. You cannot move your mouse over to the secondary screen and click to scroll or access other information or whatever. If the program supports hotkeys (Like WinAmp, for example) the whole deal works sweetly. I can see what music I'm listening to, jump around on the playlist, et cetera... without ever leaving the game. My question is: If I were to purchase a touchscreen, would I then be able to interact with items on that screen without the game being minimized or messed with?
It really needs to be tested to find out, because I'm not sure how windows interprets a press on the touchscreen. Does it move the mouse cursor over real quick, click, and send it back? If so, that'd probably not work, and send the game minimizing beause it lost focus. Does anybody out there have a touchscreen that they could try this on? I would be very greatful! Just launch a fullscreen 3d game on one monitor, and try messing with something on the second monitor.
I'd do it myself, but I don't have a touchscreen! And I'd like to just verify that this will work before I spend a paycheck! Thanks again!
Ross Adam Baker
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