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People with high resolution monitors have to check out this program

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I know this is the wrong forum but I'm not asking for help, just giving a kind PSA to the many of us w/ large monitors)

Not sure if people know about this program and its versatility but it's great for people with large monitors that have a lot of screen real estate.

I got a 24inch monitor about a month ago and up until yesterday ive been manually adjusting and moving windows around to make them side by side, which is rather inconvenient compared to when i had 2 small monitors and could just use UltraMon's shortcuts.

So yesterday I found out about this program called HoeKey, basically its a tiny program that lets you program keyboard shortcuts to just about any command you can do in windows. What I did was program Ctrl-Shift-C to resize a window to 960x1200 and align it to the Right and Ctrl-Shift-X to resize it to 960x1200 and align it to the left wall. so essentialy any program that opens up, regardless of its size and location, can be resized and moved quickly. Obviously it doesn't saev a huge amount of time but it makes sizing and aligning really accurate, good for those who really want things lined up perfectly.

Here's actually code I used, the explanations are all in the documentation part of the webpage...


^_c=Move||961|0|960|1176 ; Stretch and move Right
^_x=Move||1|0|960|1176 ; Stretch and move Left


Sorry if this is a repost or people alraeyd know of a better alternative
 
marked for later. I've been looking for the perfect program for my 24" monitor. This might be the best one so far.

What I really want is a program that horizontally splits the screen into left and right areas. I want to then be able to hit a key combo and drag that divider left and right. Thats it.
 
Originally posted by: Leros
marked for later. I've been looking for the perfect program for my 24" monitor. This might be the best one so far.

What I really want is a program that horizontally splits the screen into left and right areas. I want to then be able to hit a key combo and drag that divider left and right. Thats it.
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read the documentation. not sure it'll do that but you can program some buttons to move your windows around to emulate
 
Originally posted by: Journer
24" = real estate...HAH...try 42 😉
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exact same estate. exact same resolution. you can get a 42" 1080p panel. all 24" screens are 1080p too though. what you get are bigger pixels. not more screen estate.
 
Originally posted by: ZOXXO
What am I missing? How is this different from using the tile windows vertically command?
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oh i dunno, if you have 3 or more windows will it still only make two windows?
 
Originally posted by: Leros
marked for later. I've been looking for the perfect program for my 24" monitor. This might be the best one so far.

What I really want is a program that horizontally splits the screen into left and right areas. I want to then be able to hit a key combo and drag that divider left and right. Thats it.
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I believe nVidia's drivers allow the functionality you want. Not sure about ATi, although with some of the tweaks (Tray Tools) might offer it.
 
Originally posted by: ForumMaster
Originally posted by: Journer
24" = real estate...HAH...try 42 😉
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exact same estate. exact same resolution. you can get a 42" 1080p panel. all 24" screens are 1080p too though. what you get are bigger pixels. not more screen estate.
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actually its less real estate 🙂 Most 24" LCDs are 1920x1200 while 42" panels are 1920x1080.
 
^ It sits all the way back against the wall and I'm a regular desk length away... about 2.5ft. When I first got this thing, it looked huge on my desk, let alone the contents of the screen, but I've become accustomed to it and it's perfect now.
 
Originally posted by: Tiamat
Originally posted by: ForumMaster
Originally posted by: Journer
24" = real estate...HAH...try 42 😉
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exact same estate. exact same resolution. you can get a 42" 1080p panel. all 24" screens are 1080p too though. what you get are bigger pixels. not more screen estate.
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actually its less real estate 🙂 Most 24" LCDs are 1920x1200 while 42" panels are 1920x1080.
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Exactly what I was about to say. Good catch.
 
If you select multiple windows, then right click on any one in the taskbar, you have the option to display side by side, among other ways.

Left click one window, Ctrl+left click another. At the task bar Right click either one, and choose "show windows side by side."

No third party software needed.
 
YES!!
I was just looking for a program like this.
I used to have dual monitors, and I have some programs with their positions saved on the second monitor, so everytime I try to open the program, it'd open on the position of the second monitor, so I can't see it now that I only have one monitor.
This will finally help me move it back.
 
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My 28" LCD is running at 1920x1200. So will give these programs mentioned here a try later.
 
Originally posted by: Journer
24" = real estate...HAH...try 42 😉
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I guess you're bragging right didn't quite went through as expected. However on the otherhand, you do have bigger pixels so maybe that could be a bragging right!
 
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