Mt. Lion: restrict full screen to 1 monitor?

acme · 11-18-2012, 12:46 PM

I have 2 monitors. making an application go "full screen" will consume my main, larger monitor - which is great. but then my second monitor becomes useless in the sense that it merely shows that denim background.

The cursor goes there, but it's not actually useful for anything else.. Is it possible to tell the system to apply "full screen" to just the main monitor, and leave any other monitors free to do other things?

thank you!

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chabig · 11-18-2012, 01:14 PM

Does this help? As you said, the cursor does go there. The second monitor is actually useful.

chabig · 11-18-2012, 01:17 PM

Remember, the intended purpose of full screen mode is to give you distraction-free and focused workspace, not just make windows bigger. If you're trying to manage multiple tasks, (that's not really the purpose of full screen mode) you have to manually resize and position the windows you're working with.

acme · 11-18-2012, 01:52 PM

good points chabig and yes, that link helps!

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11-18-2012, 12:46 PM	#1
acme MVP Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,686	Mt. Lion: restrict full screen to 1 monitor? I have 2 monitors. making an application go "full screen" will consume my main, larger monitor - which is great. but then my second monitor becomes useless in the sense that it merely shows that denim background. The cursor goes there, but it's not actually useful for anything else.. Is it possible to tell the system to apply "full screen" to just the main monitor, and leave any other monitors free to do other things? thank you! a

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11-18-2012, 01:14 PM	#2
chabig Hall of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,934	Does this help? As you said, the cursor does go there. The second monitor is actually useful.

11-18-2012, 01:17 PM	#3
chabig Hall of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,934	Remember, the intended purpose of full screen mode is to give you distraction-free and focused workspace, not just make windows bigger. If you're trying to manage multiple tasks, (that's not really the purpose of full screen mode) you have to manually resize and position the windows you're working with.

11-18-2012, 01:52 PM	#4
acme MVP Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,686	good points chabig and yes, that link helps! a