Windows 10 virtual desktop support

nanstice

I've recently upgraded my surface pro to Windows 10, and as I use it regularly at church meetings for the A/V system, I tried experimenting with how openlp deals with the virtual desktops in Windows 10.

My testing discovered that even if you are on a different virtual desktop, the blank screen or projection displays on the 2nd monitor. I think it would be a useful feature to turn this on and off, so that I could have one virtual desktop with slides on and one with openlp on and be able to switch between them that way.

What do others think?

Azaziah

Hello nanstice and welcome to the forums!If I understood correctly you would like to:1. Display stuff with OpenLP on display 2, desktop 1. 2. Display some other stuff on display 2, desktop 2 3. Keep them both open and switch between them     by swapping the desktop.The problem here is that OpenLP sends stuff to display, not desktops.<o:p></o:p>So changing desktop of the 2^nd display is basically the  same as changing the background image of the display -  for OpenLP It does not matter. At the moment integrating technology that would detect the virtual desktops for OpenLP sounds a little bit science fiction and I’m afraid it won’t happen any time soon.Have you tried blanking to desktop in OpenLP?<o:p></o:p>If you have some other stuff open on the display under OpenLP, the stuff would be shown once the “Blank to  desktop” is used, if you wanted to show the stuff from  OpenLP again, you could just un-blank it. Or if you wish to show background slides  from say PowerPoint or video backgrounds, you could use transparent themes to display  them under stuff projected by OpenLP.Workaround with remote web live view<o:p></o:p>In current release (2.1.6) there is a bug in web based views that shows everything even though the “blank to desktop” is active. Thus you could use the web live view and send it to the desired virtual desktop in full screen while “blank to desktop” is active in OpenLP. This would allow you to switch between desktops.I hope you can find a solution that works for you,  feel free to ask if you have any further questions! All the best and thank you for choosing OpenLP, Azaziah