I would like to know if there is some way of tricking a program into thinking that my desktop has a lower resolution than it really has. I have an eye tracking device for controlling the mouse, and it includes a sidebar which allows me to choose what kind of mouseclick I want to make. I have to sit somewhat closer than normal to my screen in order for my eyes to be properly tracked, but that means I have to look really far to the left or right to see the sidebar on my widescreen monitor. I have looked at smaller monitors, but they hardly seem to make them anymore. The ones that I have found seem only slightly skinnier in terms of their width, and their resolution is lower than what I would like. I tried lowering the resolution on my own screen, but didn't like it and switched back. But I noticed that when I switched back, my sidebar was temporarily stuck where it had been under the lower resolution. It took a second to recognize that the resolution was higher than it just been. I was wondering if I could somehow trick the sidebar into getting stuck permanently in the lower resolution position. I am not talking about hacking into the software. I just thought that there might be some program or Windows setting that I could change that might confuse the sidebar. By the way, I don't mind if it tricks all my other programs or the Windows taskbar. I can't really utilize the far edges of my screen.
Tricking programs into thinking my desktop has lower resolution
- Thread starter dmehling
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Can you pull the sidebar out and move it around your desktop?