On the external screen, you should see Resolutions options to use the default for the display or scaled. ![]() To do this, open System Preferences and Displays again. It’s normally best to leave the scaling (the size of which items such as text appear on screen) on the default setting on your Mac and adjust the scaling of your external display, to see if you can get as close a match as possible to your MacBook’s screen. Windows might appear to shrink or expand as they move between the different screens, and that’s because the scaling isn’t quite right. If you’re using your high-res MacBook display with an external screen, you may notice a weird, jarring effect as you move windows from one screen to another. Another small space saver is to untick the option to Show recent applications in the Dock. The apps will still be available from the Launcher. If you feel the icons are too small, trying unpinning app icons that you rarely use by right clicking on them, selecting Options then Remove From Dock. Adjusting the Dock size slider won’t make any difference if your Dock is already running the length of the screen. When you shift the Dock to the side, you’ll notice the icons will have shrunk because there’s less space to fit each one in (assuming your monitor isn’t square!). Reposition the Dock using these settings Barry Collins/Apple Now use the relevant options to shift the Dock to either the left or right of the screen (the top is not an option as that’s where the menu bar lives). To shift the Dock, open System Preferences once more and select Dock. Even if you’re still using screens side by side, moving the Dock to the side of the screen can make more sense, as it’s vertical screen space that’s at a premium with today’s widescreen displays. It creates a barrier between the two screens. If you’re using your displays one above the other, having the Dock at the bottom of the primary display just feels wrong. That will now become your primary display. If yours is still on the lower (laptop) screen, click on that tiny white bar and drag it onto the other display. In the screenshot above, you’ll see a white menu bar at the top of the upper display, which is my external screen. However, if you’re using an external monitor that’s larger than the MacBook’s screen, it normally makes sense to assign that as the primary display. Make your monitor the primary displayīy default, the MacBook’s screen will be assigned as the primary display - the one where the Dock lives and where applications will open. Now you can drag windows from the monitor to the screen below in a completely natural way, as if you were physically dragging them from one screen to the other. I did not see any way to change the mouse movement in either the system settings or the gnome tweak tool.Drag your laptop screen beneath the main display in the Mac settings Barry Collins/Apple Even tried changing the cabling because one monitor is VGA and the other is DVI, but it did not change the mouse direction on exit. The only thing that has really changed as far as the screens go is that the secondary screen is now a larger display. Now after changing monitors my mouse exits from the left side of the main screen and enters on the right side of the secondary screen (did not change position of the main and secondary screens). My problem is that I just changed my secondary monitor and now my mouse exits the main screen and goes to the secondary screen in the opposite direction it did before I changed monitors.īefore my primary monitor was in front of me and the secondary monitor was to my right, I was able to move my cursor off the right hand side of the main screen to the left hand side of the secondary screen (which is what I wanted to do because it gives me better work flow). ![]() ![]() I am currently running Ubuntu 18.04 on a dual monitor system.
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