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34 +35/-1 votes

Move dialogs automatically from the second to first monitor when only 1 monitor is attached

Submitted by nick on December 9, 2008 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

On a laptop, when docked and having two monitors you can place dialogs on both monitors.
The position of the dialogs are saved when closed so when you close dialogs on monitor 2, they reopen on monitor 2.

Now, when you start up the laptop undocked, so not having 2 monitors and you start up the application that was last closed on monitor 2. then you won't be able to access it anymore because it is on the fictive monitor 2...

Windows should detect that the dialog is outside of the bounds of monitor 1 and move it to the same location but on monitor 1.

Medium

Medium

Not fixed

Discussion (1 comments)

bdodson wrote on December 10, 2008, 3:51am

Doesn't it already do this?
I run a server2k8 desktop and when I unplug (usually accidentally) my second monitor everything moves to the first.
I can test with win7 when i get home.

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