Why can't more than one monitor be excluded?

[paul1965]

Is there a particular reason why only one monitor can be excluded from a slideshow? Could the UI and code be updated to display check boxes next to each monitor, allowing a user to either check the ones to display the slideshow on, or check the ones to exclude? My setup has a total of 5 monitors, but I really need GPS to run on only 3 of them. Yes, I suppose I can create separate slideshows and modify the registry to allow more than one instance of GPS then run them from a batch job, but then I lose some of the timing across the monitors. It'd be much nicer to handle this in the UI instead.

[gpb]

You can use a custom layout.
In multiple monitors page choose "Custom layout", then click on Layout button, a dialog will open, there is a list with all your monitors. Just remove the ones where you don't wish to display the slideshow. To restore the initial list just click on Reset.

[paul1965]

I checked that already, and it displays settings for only 4 monitors, not 5. Since I can't confirm the numbering of those 4 match the 5 that I see when I click "Monitor ID", I'm not going to try messing with those settings. Check boxes would make this process much easier.

[gpb]

You can easily exclude unwanted monitors with the custom layout window, click on Reset to get current monitor setup. Now you should have all 5 monitors, just delete the one you don't wish to use.
Don't care about the index, you can identify monitors by checking the position: 0,0 is the primary. Negative left pos is on the left, positive is on the right.

[paul1965]

Okay, that technically worked, but with that change I lost being able to restore the taskbar when the slideshow is running. When I switch back to using "All monitors except number:" I get that functionality back.

BTW, I should have noted earlier that it was difficult to identify my monitors in the custom layout section because in reality, 2 of them are displayed on a TV connected to a 9 port HDMI multi-viewer. But based on your position comment, I was able to assume they were the last 2 listed.

[gpb]

I don't understand what you mean with "restore the taskbar when the slideshow is running", can you explain ?

[paul1965]

I don't understand what you mean with "restore the taskbar when the slideshow is running", can you explain ?

I keep my taskbar hidden and hover over it when I need to see it. IIRC, previous versions of GPS had issues with that and would block the taskbar from being visible. I believe that was resolved in GPS V10, which I am using and it works great (just not when I tried switching to custom layout).

[gpb]

The problem with the hidden taskbar was due to the taskbar itself. When it sees gPhotoShow windows taking up the entire monitor, it correctly assumes it's a full-screen program and therefore no longer supports autohide.
The solution in gPhotoShow is to create a window one pixel smaller.
You can do the same in the custom layout; instead of a height of 1080, set it to 1079 and it will work.

[paul1965]

You're right, I forgot about the option to change the height. I had tried it earlier this year after you first suggested it, but I didn't like having the extra spacing at the bottom of monitors that don't have a taskbar. But now it's dawned on me that I only have to set the primary monitor at 1079, so things are working just how I'd like them. Thank you for the help!