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__Daniel__
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Poland
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 Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 03:11:27 AM
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I have 2 monitors, dualview.
Usually i open visual studio on right monitor and all visualassist windows on left.
Some time i move vs to left monitor and then when i open va widow it apperas on... somewhere.
Idea: store a configuration for va windows positions for each monitor separately. |
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Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 6:10:12 PM
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Which version of Visual Assist are you using? From the history of changes, Build 1854 contains the following improvement:
New! Dialog positioning is smarter on multi-monitor systems. (case=57285)
I tried to open "Open File in Solution Dialog" (alt+shift+o) and it opens on the monitor where I drag Visual Studio on my dual-monitor system. Which VA window are you talking about? |
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gmit
Whole Tomato Software
Croatia
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Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 6:35:01 PM
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I believe the logic works like this:
- if a window was on the same monitor as VS, it will be positioned next time on the same monitor as VS as well
- if a window was not on the same monitor, it will be positioned on its last absolute coordinates
Daniel, your case is probably the latter one. Your idea would work for your case, but, I believe it would break the first one.
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__Daniel__
Senior Member
Poland
36 Posts |
Posted - Jan 14 2012 : 11:48:38 AM
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Hmm...
- if a VA window is on the same monitor as VS -> use position like now
- if a VA window is on the "next" monitor -> use configuration for "monitor where VS is" ( one configuration for VS on left monitor, one for rigth, top/bottom ). |
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Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
3287 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2012 : 2:13:24 PM
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Basically, you would like to extend our logic with improved two-monitor support for owners with "wandering" Visual Studio.
Your suggestion is to store separate configuration depending on what monitor is your Visual Studio on, and storing the positions globally. Is that right?
My suggestion for two monitors would be to store the coordinates locally for the "other" monitor. So if you move Visual Studio to the other monitor, Visual Assist windows will be mirrored, kind of. More like "swapping" window positions, since the "other" monitor will be changed.
Anyway, how ofter you move your Visual Studio? Do you think it is worth the effort to try to improve it? I mean, "improving" is also "complicating" and it is not always a good thing, since it makes it harder for users to understand what is happening. I mean, coding a feature like this is one thing, but we have to be careful about assuming what users would expect "complex" situations to avoid annoyance.
The disadvantage of my method is one would need to move the windows back if he want his windows on one monitor.
The disadvantage of your method is that one would need to organize VA windows for both case.
I wanted to think through this whole in a form of "debate", to see what you and others think about this.
Out of interest: *if* you move VS often between the your monitors, I am wondering why you do this. Can you please explain a typical scenario? |
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