DisplayFusion makes it easier to work with multiple monitors. In this respect, it avoids some of the limitations present in Windows built-in utility and even software tools designed for certain graphics cards. This way, using this product, you can have different wallpapers and screensavers on each of your monitors. Moreover, it lets you replicate Windows taskbar on all of them using different sets of shortcuts. The tool allows you to configure resolution, color, refresh rate and orientation for each of your monitors. What’s more, your choices can be saved as profiles that can be easily loaded using hotkeys.
The application has a nice interface. It permits carrying out most tasks instead of using the system’s display settings dialog. However, you may want to perform most operations by assigning hotkey combinations to them. Another way to avoid using the program’s main interface is by using the small button displayed on the title bar of the active window.
One of the most difficult things about working with multiple monitors is that your mouse pointer may get lost at times. DisplayFusion helps you perceive everything being displayed as a large workspace. Besides, its Snapping options allow dragging and organizing windows more efficiently, thus saving monitor space. Soon, you’ll notice that the small button on the title bar is the easiest way to rapidly move the active window to another monitor. This spares you the effort of dragging a window along various monitors until you find the right place.
As seen, this tool has plenty of features. Yet, there’s also the possibility of adding new ones, as it also lets you create additional functions. In this respect, the application supports writing your own macros using C# and VB.net. Another very powerful feature is the use of triggers, which run custom or user-created commands when such events as window creation and desktop unlock take place. Luckily, DisplayFusion can be controlled via a wi-fi connection, which means that you can use your smartphone or tablet to perform most of the operations already mentioned.
In general, DisplayFusion will be absolutely welcomed if you usually work with multiple monitors. It has free and paid versions, therefore some features are only available after payment. In this regard, some of these restrictions include a limited number of hotkeys and the impossibility of changing logon background. Fortunately, both versions use the same installer and the program lets you try the full version one time only after installing, after that it automatically reverts to the limited one.
v9.5 [May 23, 2019]
- Change: Border Padding Size option is no longer reliable in Windows 10, removed it.
- Change: New scripting functions for saving/loading Window Position Profiles.
- Change: New scripting function for Mirror Selected Area function.
- Change: Added an advanced setting to set the top line colour for auto-hide taskbars.
- Change: Added options to set the thumbnail width and height for Alt Tab.
- Change: DisplayFusion 9.5 Beta 2 and higher will require .NET 4.6.2.
- Change: When using the "Mirror Window" Function, a red border will be shown around the source window.
- Change: Added a new scripting function for getting the list of available DisplayFusion Functions (BFS.DisplayFusion.GetFunctions()).
- Change: Added a context menu item and button on the Settings > License Key tab that takes you to the purchase page (Free version only).
- Change: Added a new wallpaper Image Info tag for monitor ID (<wp-monitorid>).
- Fix: Monitor Fading no longer leaks GDI handles.
- Fix: Steam chat windows now group correctly on the taskbar.
- Fix: TitleBar Buttons should no longer cause Origin in-game overlay to close.
- Fix: Removed "Downloading..." text from the Support Request progress box.
- Fix: Microsoft Edge no longer has multiple entries in Alt Tab.
- Fix: Appropriate taskbar elements flipped to black when Windows 10 Light Theme is in use.
- Fix: Resolved issues with Brave web browser middle-click and dragging.
- Fix: "Minimize Window to Tray" Function no longer affects the desktop window.
- Fix: Added translucency to the multi-monitor taskbars when using the Windows 10 Light Theme.
- Fix: "Mirror Selected Area" Function no longer breaks when the polling speed is changed in the Advanced Settings.
- Fix: DisplayFusion no longer causes Task View to hang in Windows 10 German.
- Fix: Enabling the "Disallow TopMost Calls" Advanced Setting should now resolve any issues with windows not focusing properly when using left/right side taskbars.
- Fix: Resolved one instance (not all) of "Failed to call SetDisplayConfig" error when applying Monitor Configuration.
- Fix: Resolved a few issues with taskbar button icons for Universal apps.
- Fix: Using Shift as a modifier on the key combination for the "Maximize Window" Function no longer overrides splits.
- Fix: Winamp "Cubicle Client" plugin will now get a taskbar button on the multi-monitor taskbars.
- Fix: "Mirror Selected Area" now works better when activated using the hotkey.
- Fix: Google Photos upgraded from Picasa.
- Fix: WallpaperAbyss improvements.
- Fix: Wallpaper image info no longer just shows the placeholders sometimes.
- Fix: WallpaperFusion is now limited to changing once every 15 minutes.
- Fix: WallpaperFusion tag filtering is improved.
- Fix: Monitor configuration changes for better refresh rate handling.
- Fix: Many other improvements and fixes.
Desktop monitor software utility to partition screen, select/create desired pattern, and set windows in position
