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areohbee
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May 12, 2011
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P: Better Multi-Monitor Support, to include Full Screen Editing

  • May 12, 2011
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I want to be able to use one monitor just for the image under development, or otherwise being viewed, full-screen, and the other monitor(s) for the other stuff, especially library + develop panels.

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areohbee
areohbeeAuthor
Legend
May 12, 2011
Lee Jay - you can't select a brush from the toolbar in one monitor, and brush on the (nearly) full-screen image in the other monitor.

Victoria - Yes: I'd prefer both sets of panels be open at the same time. The idea being: full-screen image for applying local adjustments on one monitor, and everything else on the other monitor. Everything else to include lib+dev panels, menus, lib filters, folders, thumbnails, lib T-bar, ...
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 12, 2011
Are you suggesting you want all of the Library & Develop panels open all at the same time?
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
May 12, 2011
The only difference is the "edge-to-edge" part. You lose 8 pixels on the top and 8 pixels on the bottom from the disclosure triangles in the second monitor view. Otherwise, do what I said and you'll have it.
areohbee
areohbeeAuthor
Legend
May 12, 2011
If there's a way to have an image under development occupy the entire screen edge-to-edge in one monitor, with the library + develop panels open in another, I've yet to discover it.
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 12, 2011
I'd like to be able to put the whole Library module on one screen and the whole of Develop on the other. I regularly work with the second window on Grid view and main on Develop, but I miss having access particularly to the Folders and Quick Develop panels when working like that.

I'd agree with Lee Jay, I can't see how your request is different to the current dual monitor setup though.
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
May 12, 2011
I am doing that right now with LR 3. You just put the second monitor into normal loupe mode and close its panels, and you have just your image up on one screen and whatever module you like open on the other. You can even drag the main screen to the opposite monitor if you want to switch which one is on which monitor.

What do you want to enhance about that functionality?