Is there a way to toggle between Display views

[Metspitzer]

Sometimes I would like my dual display to be cloned and sometimes I
want it extended.

Is there a way to do this with a mouse click?

 

[KCB]

Sometimes I would like my dual display to be cloned and sometimes I
want it extended.

Is there a way to do this with a mouse click?

I think it would depend on your video card, and whatever shortcuts it's
driver may provide.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

I think it would depend on your video card, and whatever shortcuts it's
driver may provide.

I don't think so: the toggling between cloned and extended is more an
operating system thing: the OS will _use_ the driver to implement it. I
don't think the driver actually generates the displays, it only
implements what the OS tells it to - but I could be wrong.

 

[Metspitzer]

I don't think so: the toggling between cloned and extended is more an
operating system thing: the OS will _use_ the driver to implement it. I
don't think the driver actually generates the displays, it only
implements what the OS tells it to - but I could be wrong.

There are times, on my laptop, when I would like to toggle between
1024x768 and 1920x1080. Bet there is no way to do that with a mouse
click either?

 

[Ken Blake]

There are times, on my laptop, when I would like to toggle between
1024x768 and 1920x1080. Bet there is no way to do that with a mouse
click either?

Almost certainly, both for that and for the original question, it's
possible to write a script that would do it, and then have a shortcut
to the script on the desktop. So the change could be made with a
single mouse click.

I have no experience with such scripts, so I can't be specific about
exactly how to do this, but perhaps someone else here can.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, Ken Blake
Well, I could do it (if my graphics card/monitor were capable) with
about four or five clicks ... (WinXP)

Almost certainly, both for that and for the original question, it's
possible to write a script that would do it, and then have a shortcut
to the script on the desktop. So the change could be made with a
single mouse click.

I have no experience with such scripts, so I can't be specific about
exactly how to do this, but perhaps someone else here can.

Crossposted to XP in case there's anyone there who can (original request
was to click between two identical monitors and desktop spread across
two IIRR, which is probably more difficult - and probably more
Windows-version-dependent).
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[Bob CP]

In message <[email protected]>, Ken Blake

You might be able to do it with nircommand. You'll just have to create
desktop icons for two commands.

From its help:

Set the display mode to 800x600x24bit colors: nircmd.exe setdisplay 800
600 24