You're missing a feature. If you drag the monitor just slightly, you can adjust the vertical offset so they line up anywhere you want. For more adjustability, install UltraMon, and you can type pixel values into its config file for monitor layout presets.
- Alex -- Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wise is knowing better than to put one in a fruit salad. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Phil Smith III <[email protected]> wrote: > No, that isn’t what I meant (at least, I don’t think so) – I meant that, > if the ThinkPad screen is logically to the right of one of the other > monitors, the top right corner of the other monitor “meets” the top left > corner of the ThinkPad screen. Because of the physical relationship, it > feels like it should be bottom right to bottom left. At least, it did to > me. The net is that I’d move the cursor from the bottom right of the big > screen, trying to move it onto the ThinkPad screen, and nothing would > happen, because the ThinkPad screen is logically smaller.**** > > ** ** > > Or am I either (a) misinterpreting what you wrote, or (b) missing a > feature? I did have to play with the screens to get them in the right > order (nice that you can do this with Windows, instead of having to move > them around on the desk! I always wonder how many folks don’t know that, > keep moving monitors…especially older, heavy ones!)**** > > ** ** > > …phsiii**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Alex Austin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, June 08, 2012 3:33 PM > *To:* Phil Smith III > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Thinkpad] Two external screens from a Thinkpad?**** > > ** ** > > You can re-organize where the cursor moves from screen to screen in the > Display Resolution control panel. Just drag and drop the monitors around on > a virtual canvas. > - Alex > -- > Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wise is knowing better than to > put one in a fruit salad.**** > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Phil Smith III <[email protected]> wrote:*** > * > > Robert Terzi wrote: > >If you use the advanced docking station, you don't need a W500, many > thinkpads, > >I've used a T500 & T61, will drive two monitors, one DVI (digital) and one > VGA (analog). > > >I believe I've tested, but don't remember for sure now, that starting with > the T500 > >you could drive two monitors *without* the docking station since the > machine > >has both a display port connector and a VGA connector. > > >I don't know if ATI or Nvidia graphics are required.**** > > I have a T410 with the onboard graphics and the docking station: it will > drive the two external screens, but NOT the ThinkPad screen itself at the > same time. > > I now have a lovely T420s with the NVIDIA graphics, and it will drive all > three. > > The only weird part is that the cursor comes into the ThinkPad screen from > the TOP of the (much larger) monitor next to it. Since the ThinkPad is > smaller and lower, it *feels* like it should come in from the bottom, so it > took me a while to get used to being able to move to the ThinkPad screen > without taking several tries. If that makes no sense, trust me, you'll grok > it if you tried it :-) > > Anyway, it's a nice setup. > > ...phsiii**** > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad**** > > ** ** > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
