Doesn't support 2 monitors about retrobar HOT 24 CLOSED

This is now available as an option in the latest release!

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I also agree that having an option to bring up the taskbar on multiple displays is almost mandatory here in 2021, the biggest issue I get when playing any game that is in Window Borderless is I lose access to my taskbar altogether, even on my multiple other monitors where the taskbar is normally it is gone, then to try and access my taskbar at that point I would need to use task manager to close retro bar as I can't even right-click on it as it is hidden behind the game. If you do add this feature please let me know how I will be able to add it to my own program as well as this is defiantly a needed update. Realistic or XP/ME/2000/1995/ect. or not for me is off the table as a lot of things have changed sinse the release of those operating sytems anyway.

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It emulates Windows XP behaviour, but I think back in the XP days most setups only ever had a single monitor. I think it would not break stile too much and if it is not too hard to implement too. to have a taskbar on each monitor.

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I created my own fork that supports multiple displays. Right now, it just puts the exact same taskbar on all displays. Will implement as an option in the future. https://github.com/SIX10/RetroBar

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yeah

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Could you clarify what is the desired behavior in this scenario? The versions of Windows that RetroBar emulates do not show a taskbar on secondary monitors.

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It should show taskbar in both monitors

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Could you clarify what is the desired behavior in this scenario? The versions of Windows that RetroBar emulates do not show a taskbar on secondary monitors.

Windows allows you to show a taskbar on all monitors, as as a single taskbar on any monitor, as well as on top, on the side, etc.

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Could you clarify what is the desired behavior in this scenario? The versions of Windows that RetroBar emulates do not show a taskbar on secondary monitors.

Windows allows you to show a taskbar on all monitors, as as a single taskbar on any monitor, as well as on top, on the side, etc.

I believe that dremin is alright. I don't remember that XP allowed to show taskbar on all monitors.

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Could you clarify what is the desired behavior in this scenario? The versions of Windows that RetroBar emulates do not show a taskbar on secondary monitors.

It's just a QoL thing. Having a taskbar on two monitors is SUPER useful. Maybe just an option you can toggle?

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I agree, the taskbar itself works great. It would be nice as a QoL thing to have multi-monitor taskbar support.

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Yes a multi monitor swupport is needed, i have 6 monitors so can use this awsome tool right now but when Win 11 hits this toll will become mandators!

I use one taskbar per monitor showing only programs on that monitor.

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This does not change the look of the taskbar, only how it behaves. For each display, the taskbar will still be the same classic one. @dremin Can you recommend where I should start looking in code if I want to submit this as a pull request?

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Yeah the taskbar its beautiful but would be better if it had support for 2 monitors

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@dremin Please reconsider adding this, just as an option. Even if it wasn't present in the original XP builds, it is a massive QoL improvement and would make this taskbar PERFECT.

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Yes a multi monitor swupport is needed, i have 6 monitors so can use this awsome tool right now but when Win 11 hits this toll will become mandators!

I use one taskbar per monitor showing only programs on that monitor.

I saw you hearted my last response, so I'm assuming you've tried the fork. Does it work on all 6 of your displays? I only have two. The only issue I've noticed is when opening the start menu it opens on your primary monitor, but that might be just OpenShell.

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I havn't tryed as i still use windows 10 in production, w11 only in VM's but I'll put it on my work laptop soon there i have only 3 screens + laptop but when it works on those it wil work on my 6 @home as well

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Thank you :)

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Each display is showing all the apps from all displays. Can something be done about it? It isn't a very useful behaviour.

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Each display is showing all the apps from all displays. Can something be done about it? It isn't a very useful behaviour.

I think this is intended, it's useful when you're in a fullscreen app on one screen and not on another.

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My left screen has taskbar on left side, right one has taskbar on right. Each screen has lots of things of their own. It becomes a hinderance in my case because I click a button on screen 1 hoping to show up on the same screen whiles its actually on the other one.

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My left screen has taskbar on left side, right one has taskbar on right. Each screen has lots of things of their own. It becomes a hinderance in my case because I click a button on screen 1 hoping to show up on the same screen whiles its actually on the other one.

So you're clicking a taskbar app icon on one screen, hoping for it to show up on the same one, but it shows up on another screen?

I don't think this is a RetroBar problem, but just Windows behavior. The same thing happens when using the Windows 10 taskbar.

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My left screen has taskbar on left side, right one has taskbar on right. Each screen has lots of things of their own. It becomes a hinderance in my case because I click a button on screen 1 hoping to show up on the same screen whiles its actually on the other one.

So you're clicking a taskbar app icon on one screen, hoping for it to show up on the same one, but it shows up on another screen?

I don't think this is a RetroBar problem, but just Windows behavior. The same thing happens when using the Windows 10 taskbar

@SMUsamaShah is not wrong, this is something that is already implemented in Windows, and is really useful.
I assume @SMUsamaShah is referring to this feature:

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this is intended, it's useful when you're in a fullscreen

I agree with this comment. This would be a useful feature. Once again, it was not present in the original windows build, but it would be highly useful. Is it something easy to tweak?

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