12/14/2016

Using multiple large monitors effectively

Have multiple large monitors attached to your computer? Find yourself using the window snap feature on Windows OS, but find that it is too limited in the 2x2 options?

I found a great open source app called GridMove that I highly recommend.

GridMove allows you to build custom "grids" that have preset window dimensions, for example splitting your monitor into thirds, instead of just halves. A must-have especially for high resolution displays.

My favorite grid made by user Tyinsar is the TripleHead2Go grid, which has screen thirds and more. I modified his TH2G v2.grid to work with my two monitors.

Pastebin link to my adapted grid.

In order to use this grid, make a notepad doc, paste in the code from pastebin, and save the file into your GridMove\Grid directory with a .grid extension. The default directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\GridMove\Grids.

Edit: If you have three monitors, and your video card only supports two, I suggest using MonitorSwitcher to set up a hotkey to change your active monitors on the fly.

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