How to put a snow effect on 2 displays

[giulioallevato]

Hi,

I am having trouble putting a snow effect on 2 displays.
It only puts it on the main monitor.
HELP ME

[Yincognito]

Hi,

I am having trouble putting a snow effect on 2 displays.
It only puts it on the main monitor.
HELP ME

I don't have multiple monitors, so no way of testing it, but apparently this video:

suggests it can be done. From what I understood (yes, English is not my main language either), you have to make a copy of your skin (the one generating a snow effect) in the Rainmeter skins folder, and then set the 2nd one to display on the 2nd display (assuming the original copy of your skin is displaying on the 1st monitor). Setting the display on which a skin is shown is done by choosing to change the display monitor in the Manage Rainmeter window (the skin must be loaded to modify that option):

Multiple Display Settings.jpg

[Mor3bane]

Yincognito said everything that should be necessary.

The duplicate skin as a subfolder in the Skins/ folder, would need a unique name.

After that making the skin draggable, dragging it to the preferred monitor - should be all you need to do.'

I would make note in the rainmeter manager, of the x & y coordinates, just for future reference.

Another trick is making a "Layout" with things the way you like them. Note again that sometimes if a skin is draggable and set to "Stay on screen" it will boing back to the main (or even another if you have more than 2). The coordinates in rainmeter manager will allow you to rearrange them programatically without worrying about redoing all of the context menu settings. ...Or untick 'stay on screen'.

I hope these tips help you make an awesome desktop.

[balala]

After that making the skin draggable, dragging it to the preferred monitor

Question is if this is possiblea nd how. Depends on what that "snow effect" does mean. Because for instance if the snow effect is this, there is no way to drag the skin. You have to add the following two options to the [Rainmeter] section:

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[Rainmeter]
...
BackgroundMode=2
SolidColor=0,0,0,1

and have to disable Click through and Keep on screen, unchecking the Click through and the Keep on screen options in the Settings submenu of the skin's context menu.
If you do all this, then you can drag the skin.

[Mor3bane]

Question is if this is possiblea nd how. Depends on what that "snow effect" does mean. Because for instance if the snow effect is this, there is no way to drag the skin. You have to add the following two options to the [Rainmeter] section:

Code: Select all

[Rainmeter]
...
BackgroundMode=2
SolidColor=0,0,0,1

and have to disable Click through and Keep on screen, unchecking the Click through and the Keep on screen options in the Settings submenu of the skin's context menu.
If you do all this, then you can drag the skin.

Yes. I fully agree. This is in fact something I should have said. Balala said it first

[DanDaBear]

OR . . .
You could CTRL-ALT click the skin. It should turn translucent red and can then be dragged or moved with the arrow keys.

[balala]

OR . . .
You could CTRL-ALT click the skin. It should turn translucent red and can then be dragged or moved with the arrow keys.

Yes, but this works only if the skin has no completely transparent background and the clickthrough is not set. So anyway have to make the settings described here.