Dealing With Dual Monitors: Looking for solutions...

[ooJesoo]

We have dual monitors at work and it is mostly a positive experience. Unfortunately, we work with a computer system for inventory and sales that uses ESC and Delete for navigation. What happens because of this is we will accidentally delete things in our emails because we think we're on the other screen using the inventory/sales program. I'm thinking there may be an add on that will resolve this problem, but I haven't had any luck finding it. Help please!

[DaveLembke]

Does the software allow changing key functions to use alternate keys?

[ooJesoo]

I just mapped my pause key to be delete, that should work (we'll see today). I'll have to map everyone else's key the same too.

I think it would be great to have an add on that frames your screen with a color or something so you know which monitor you're active in.

[DaveLembke]

I think it would be great to have an add on that frames your screen with a color or something so you know which monitor you're active in.

I have a setup of 3 computers using a KVM with dual displays of which 1 system has access to both displays and other 2 systems use the right display only and to keep track of what desktop is active I have the desktop different between them. When I had a 8 port KVM when I was a system Admin at prior job I used different color desktops as well as made an image with mspaint that said the system name so I could look at the desktop and see what system I was at, or if I had command shell up on the system I could just look at the system name etc.

[BC_Programmer]

There is no concept of an "Active" Monitor; There is an active Window.

You could configure the theme to make the title bar colour difference between active/inactive more prominent.

[patio]

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