Multiple monitors

[jeronymite]

When using a system with multiple monitors, starting NT8 sometimes causes a popup saying:

Warning. NinjaTrader has detected there are windows outside the viewable range, reposition these to the primary monitor?

Some comments:

• What does NT8 define as "outside the viewable range"?
• This seems to happen whether one is actually utilizing more than one of the available monitors for NT8 windows or not. I discovered this when I did not, to my knowledge, have any windows outside the viewable range, not even any windows on another monitor. I said No to the prompt ... and the prompt reappeared on next startup. I said Yes ... but no "unseen" windows appeared. Seemed a bit buggy ... but maybe I've missed something?
• It seems that a "multi-headed" system may need a bit more consideration. I use four monitors, and I'm sure others may use even more.
• Any windows genuinely outside the viewable range should be able to be repositioned to any available monitor, including but not limited to the primary monitor.
• The message probably requires a little grammatical improvement: perhaps "... windows outside the viewable range. Reposition these to monitor <select monitor here>"?

Thanks.

[jeronymite]

Multiple monitors

Further investigation has revealed that the popup prompt to reposition windows to the primary monitor can be generated when a window is already on the primary monitor.

I had several windows already open. I subsequently opened a chart, saved the workspace, and exited. When I restarted, I was prompted by the popup -- I said No, and the chart was nowhere to be found. I could see the chart as a window when hovering on the NT8 icon in the taskbar, but it did not show on any screens when hovering on it. I exited, restarted and said Yes ... and the chart window was made visible on the primary monitor ... where it had been all the time!

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Hello,

Thank you for your post.

Unfortunately when testing on my end I was unable to reproduce what you described. So I may attempt to test your Workspace on my end please send a note to Support [AT] NinjaTrader [DOT] com with "ATTN: Chris Jameson" in the subject line.

In the message, please include the following:
1.) A link to this forum thread.
2.) Your workspace which can be found in Documents-->NinjaTrader 8-->workspaces folder.

[jeronymite]

Multiple monitors

Thanks, Chris. Sent.

I look forward to hearing how the testing goes.

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Outside the viewable range is when all four corners of a window are outside the viewable range of the monitor.

I have tested your Workspace as well as mine and was unable to reproduce this behavior.

Thank you for reporting and I will continue to look into a reproducible scenario as we move forward with Beta.