Dual monitors and the mouse

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In a dual-monitor setup, with primary monitor full-screended, is there
any trick that could enable the mouse to appear in the other monitor
without first exiting the full-screen?

Does the full-screen take control of ALL input devices?

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Man-wai Chang said:
In a dual-monitor setup, with primary monitor full-screended, is there
any trick that could enable the mouse to appear in the other monitor
without first exiting the full-screen?

Does the full-screen take control of ALL input devices?
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In a dual-monitor setup, with primary monitor full-screended, is there
any trick that could enable the mouse to appear in the other monitor
without first exiting the full-screen?

Does the full-screen take control of ALL input devices?
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When you have a dual monitor, does your program have to be written for
dual monitors? I suppose so. That is, a "view" in Word on one
monitor should not be the same as a "view" in the other monitor. So
Microsoft Word no doubt has to be written for use in dual monitors.
Please confirm. Also whether Visual Studio has been written for dual
monitor use (I almost am sure it has).

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When you have a dual monitor, does your program have to be written for
dual monitors? I suppose so. That is, a "view" in Word on one
monitor should not be the same as a "view" in the other monitor. So
Microsoft Word no doubt has to be written for use in dual monitors.
Please confirm. Also whether Visual Studio has been written for dual
monitor use (I almost am sure it has).
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Windowed mode applications work fine. But when one application went
full-screen, the mouse could no longer move into another monitor.

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When you have a dual monitor, does your program have to be written for
dual monitors? I suppose so. That is, a "view" in Word on one
monitor should not be the same as a "view" in the other monitor. So
Microsoft Word no doubt has to be written for use in dual monitors.
Please confirm. Also whether Visual Studio has been written for dual
monitor use (I almost am sure it has).
Click to expand...

A program that produces a single output window generally only runs on
one window--but you can move it from window to window. A program that
produces multiple output windows can easily have various windows on
various screens.

As I write this I have Visual Studio Express open on the left monitor
(and Total Commander also there behind), a pdf file I'm reading on the
center monitor and Agent (newsreader) on the right monitor--and that's
actually inside a virtual machine on the right monitor. Firefox is
also open on the right monitor and is behind Agent.

Most of these programs only run in one window but when I pop up a
properties box from the designer in Visual Studio I put it on the
central monitor. The program I'm working on is likewise configured to
go to the central monitor--it will have multiple windows that can go
anywhere but I haven't gotten that far with it yet.
 
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