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Hi there !
I'm looking a way to split my screen in two section on my widescreen lcd so that I can have 2 differents desktops at the same time. So far I've try several programs but most of them only offers one display at a time...(ATI Hydravision, Windows Desktop Manager)
If you have any solution please share with me
Thanks in advance !
Hi Rogue2007, welcome to Virtual Dr :)
I hesitate to say that anything is impossible when it comes to computers, but I know of nothing that can do what you want other than to go to a dual monitor setup (which is very easy to do). Or the other alternative would be to run a Virtual Machine in Windows using Virtual PC or VMWare, so that you can run a suitably sized virtual machine on top of the host PC window.
Here is a screenshot of what it looks like on my main (widescreen) monitor:
Rogue2007--It is easy to view two different Windows windows or IE windows in split screen. Open the two windows, right click on a blank spot in the Taskbar and choose Tile Horizontally or Vertically. But I suspect SuperSparks' advice is the way to do this for two versions of Desktops.
Hi Rogue2007,
I agree with SuperSparks about using a dual monitor setup with either two video cards or one dual monitor card, like im using. I also dont know any way to split one big monitor into two. If you do decide to try a multi monitor setup, you and use a program called Ultra Monitor to add a task bar to the second monitor.
www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
Sorry I couldnt be of more help.
Billy
What is your goal, why do you want to have 2 desktops on one monitor.
:confused:
At work we use 2 so that we can have 2 full size windows open one in each monitor. To better view our work.
:eek:
With the wide screen you can have two full size windows open next to each other. Mission accomplished.
You could watch TV on one side and surf the web on the other.
:D
The reason why no one has put together software to split your monitor and view 2 desktops at the same time is because it would provide no real benifit to the user.
:cool:
If you build it they will come.
Here are a couple of suggestions
SplitView & iShadow
Andy, please note that this thread is about 12 months old;)
but the author is still alive ;)
Thanks for the help :P
Well in that case... :) I use WinSplit Revolution.
WinSplit is a good attempt, but when I would like to lunch full screen mode application in the right part of the 16:9 screen and another one in the left part of the screen it will not work as expected. I really need the two desktops too. E.g.: I would like to watch movie in the left part of the scr. and work on my documents in th right part of the scr. ...or I would like to debug any fullscr. app. on the left side and watch the debug output on thr right side.
If any programmer reads this and he/she have a lot of time, he/she could do it e.g. by calling:
HDESK WINAPI CreateDesktop(
LPCTSTR lpszDesktop,
LPCTSTR lpszDevice,
LPDEVMODE pDevmode,
DWORD dwFlags,
ACCESS_MASK dwDesiredAccess,
LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpsa
);
function. Thanks a lot.
B.
I have an application that I think might be better run on a single monitor virtually split into 2.
I currently run CAD applications with 2 19" lcd monitors. I would like to get more height but all new lcd monitors seem to be only offered in widescreen formats. Going to 20w, 22w doesn't give me any significant increase in height.
Two 24w's are a possibility but I was thinking that a single 30w that I could simulate dual screens on might be less expensive less taxing on my video card.
I have not yet found any applications that let me virtually break up a single display into multiple desktops that are are not "switching" but are available simultaneously.
The time line on this thread is fascinating.
5 posts 01/06/2007
1 post 01/14/2007
2 posts 12/19/2007
2 posts 12/20/2007 Author still alive!.
1 post 03/13/2008
1 post 10/26/2008 Hopefully Author still alive, but is the monitor?.
Why do I think this is not an urgent project?.
I use the twinsplay application to divide the screen into two parts, also it is very useful on widescreen displays.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogue2007
Widescreens monitors are becoming more and more common, in order to really use all that space, divide the widescreen, and get the feeling of having two screens using software. I use twinsplay in particular since the shortcut keys are really easy to use, in terms of hand movement it's similar to alt+tab, so it is fairly agronomic. Also twinsplay has a nice save and load feature, it allows taking a groups of application that are running and save them as a session, you can save multiple sessions with different combinations of windows. Whenever you like you can load a session and be right in the working environment you currently want to use, I'm working as programmer and those two features are really helpful for me.
You can get twinsplay from: http://www.twinsplay.com
Hi corebirdy, welcome to VDr.
Please note the age of the threads you contribute to. This one's a bit long in the tooth now.;)
Would one of the mods please drive a stake through this thread?:D
Although this thread takes its time to develop, I think it is usefull.Quote:
Originally Posted by lgbpop
Thanks for not killing it (yet).
...because it is near top 5 with google search and it's helpful to find referenced projects.
I'm also looking for a solution. I just purchased a single 22" widescreen and it is awesome to have all the space. But browsing the internet fullscreen is a little... umm... more difficult? I have to physically turn my head to read a website. Ideally, I'd buy another identical monitor and put them side-by-side vertically, but I can't afford it right now. So I think a virtual two-desktop emulator or something would be great!
And as for killing old threads... I never really understood this concept. Why would you ever want to "close comments" or "close a thread" ... ??
I can't tell you how many times I've searched for an answer only to find a thread that was just getting good... only to have some mod close the thread before it gets an answer. And because of it, there is a partially finished thread sitting at the top of the results. This leads to another thread being started someplace and the process back at square one along with a solution.
Leave all threads open! Permanently. Who cares if it takes 5 years to get a real answer? It still only takes me 20 minutes to read.
Is your PC Windows 7? Side by side (or stacked) viewing for 2 apps at a time is natively supported. Just make sure each app is NOT opened maximized. Then, using your cursor (with a held down left click), drag the title bar to the left, right, top or bottom until you see an outline, then release the mouse button. Then do a similar drag and drop for the other app to the opposite side. It works very well and no additional software is required...Quote:
Originally Posted by notbugme
The reason for closing old threads? The original poster gets notice of each response to the thread, many times by email, and after several years it gets irritating to some people to be getting notices regarding a long-resolved problem. It's a question of courtesy. Closing the thread doesn't remove it from future reference.
It also encourages people to post their own threads.;)
^Google <3s this thread though. Not random thread a new person makes. So all those new threads asking the same question will be of use to exactly one person.
Well, reading through this it's been fairly helpful and got me the seeds I needed to find a better app. VirtuaWin was the best simple one I found. It's portable and all you have to do is right click it in the tray and select "setup" and then add another desktop. And right clicking on the icon you select "Move to Desktop" and pick the the different desktop.
I've used it for ten minutes, so I don't know how stable it is, but I'm happy so far.
I also found Looking Glass from Sun Microsystems. It's pretty neat and 3d, but it's really more of a dead beta than an active project. Had to deal with trunk SVNs and stuff.
Yeah, I settled on VirtuaWin as well, it's simple and accessible, so it covers my needs. I'm using Ctrl-Win-<number key> to move the current window to a specific desktop and Win-<number key> to display a desktop.
I don't care if the thread is old, others looking for the same software would still appreciate an answer
Please stop asking to close this thread. It is old, but in the 5 years it's been up no answer has been given on how to split a current desktop to allow more than one full-screen application to be visible. Creating a new thread will just generate the same incomplete answers over and over. This is a good discussion and it only got better since 2007. Thank you for leaving it open.
Welcome to VirtualDr :)
Figuring out at way to fill a need can lead to fame and fortune. ;)
I have not read this entire post so this may have been mentioned or it may not be what you're lookin for--but--here ya go.
http://slickscreen.com/
Man,
I have been looking for an answer for this for over a year, somehow someway, i googled the right words and this was the number one hit.
I will say, i was a little put off when i saw the first post was 2007.
But this has been a godsend.
I registered just so i can tell you guys how awesome each of you are.
Thanks!!! :)
I got an email just now about this five-year-old thread, so...Cheers!
Oh, yeah, welcome to VDr too. Sorry, I'm a big rusty.:o
Oh wow, 8498 posts...
Ah, that's better!:p