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Swipe between full screens apps is not working for a dummy screen #794

Closed tomek1911 closed 2 years ago

tomek1911 commented 2 years ago

I am using MacBook m1 2020, with BigSur 11.6.1. I have a 1440p external screen. I created a dummy and use a smooth scaling of 90%. But there is a problem with 3 finger swipe to move between full screen apps. With cursor on external screen, apps on builtin screen are swiped. Do you have similar problem, can it be fixed through settings?

3DCoded commented 2 years ago

This is a known issue with macOS, not BetterDisplay. See #144. You can use native HiDPI smooth scaling instead of dummies. See #678.

tomek1911 commented 2 years ago

thanks - it seems it is a well-known issue

tomek1911 commented 2 years ago

I tried to use HiDPI smooth scaling but I cannot. I have a 2560x1440 monitor. I can set scaling between 50 and 100%. Anything below 100% is blurred. I cannot use dummy (it was sharp) because the swipe is not working. Is BetterDisplay of any use for me? Maybe it is a problem with my monitor? I connect my Mac with USB-c to docking station that supports 2K@60Hz and with HDMI to monitor

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3DCoded commented 2 years ago

What I use is click Manually add custom resolutions, add ONE resolution (any more will overwrite the previous one. This is a glitch; see #771) and put in your desired HiDPI resolution and then also edit the default resolution to be that too. Then hit Apply Changes at the bottom (a red banner will appear) and reboot.

tomek1911 commented 2 years ago

How do I know that I provided HiDPI resolution? I don't know what value I should add

3DCoded commented 2 years ago

I would use 1920x1080 for 16:9 or 1020x1200 for 16:10 for a reference then change from there.

waydabber commented 2 years ago

Hi @tomek1911 can you switch to Always use resolution submenu at the Resolution selector under Settings/App Menu + enable Show additional resolutions options and then make a screenshot of the Set Resolution submenu contents?

Thank you!

tomek1911 commented 2 years ago

I followed your instruction. There is no HiDPI list, only low res. The screenshot only covers part of the list.

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waydabber commented 2 years ago

Opps, this feature only works with Monterey 12.4 or newer. You'd need to upgrade if you are running Big Sur. Sorry about not mentioning this!

tomek1911 commented 2 years ago

ok, thank you - I will consider Monterey

tomek1911 commented 2 years ago

12.4 is a very fresh version, and I prefer to wait until things are stable and tested. Will this feature be ported to BigSur, or it will never happen?

3DCoded commented 2 years ago

This was a feature that was added in macOS 12.4+ and macOS 13 beta. It seems unlikely that Apple will port a feature that just came a few weeks ago to an older OS.

waydabber commented 2 years ago

All right, I'll close this issue.

I concur with @3DCoded, this feature depends on changes introduced in 12.4+ and will not be available in Big Sur I am afraid.