All popular IDEs (and most apps) seem stuck in a single-monitor paradigm. When are we going to get an IDE that sets the bar for working with multiple monitors? For inspiration, look at multi-monitor - eviltoast

All popular IDEs (and most apps) seem stuck in a single-monitor paradigm. When are we going to get an IDE that sets the bar for working with multiple monitors? For inspiration, look at multi-monitor audio engineering consoles. Please
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  • RonSijm@programming.dev
    8·
    4 months ago

    What kinda “multi-monitor” features are you looking for?

    I usually use Visual Studio (the real one, not VSCode) - and their multi-monitor support seems fine to me. You can drag out any window component and put them somewhere else in a different screen. And when you drag things somewhere else, you can still snap them back together, so it’s really just 2 windows again, not just loose floating boxes.

    • DrDeadCrash@programming.dev
      3·
      4 months ago

      Not OP, but in agreement. I like to split out multiple vertical panes in VS, and I put the edges of the panes at the edge of the monitors. It’s tedious to position them manually, and different tool windows run when debugging so I have to reposition the pane boundary’s again whenever switching between run/design time. It would be nice if it detected the edge of the monitors and kept the scroll bars and break-point column on the correct sides of the split.

      • RonSijm@programming.dev
        2·
        4 months ago

        Hmm, maybe I misunderstand what you want to do - but that works fine for me (on windows) - (are you on a different OS)?

        Otherwise, try installing Powertoys - that comes with FancyZones and gives you more control over how window snapping should work.

        and different tool windows run when debugging so I have to reposition the pane boundary’s again whenever switching between run/design time.

        Also isn’t this a one-time-activity? Once you’ve put them in place, for me it remembers where it should be. Otherwise, I suppose in visual studio you can also manually save the layout (Window -> Save Window Layout) and then restore it again later (Window -> Apply Window Layout)

        • DrDeadCrash@programming.dev
          1·
          4 months ago

          I use fancy zones for windows, and I have a zone that compromises one 4k screen and half of two others. That zone is for my VS window, two main code panes in the center and one off to each side.

          It doesn’t remember the layout of the tool windows… I’ll have to look into the save/apply functionality you mentioned.

          I prefer VS over vs-code, but in VS the window/tabs are bulky and slow compared to vs code which makes this all more annoying. First world problems though…

          Edit: using VS 2022 on win 10