Case Of The Shrinking Virtual Controller

[sjoens]

It works fine if I have CbB on the laptop screen, but I normally run CbB on the 2nd larger widescreen where the VC does this:

Once it shrinks it never goes back to full size.  It happens no matter the screen resolution or settings.

My normal settings:
17" Laptop: 1980x1020 @100% (3840x2160 4K)
29" Widescreen: 2560x1080 @100%

[Amberwolf]

20 hours ago, sjoens said:

It happens no matter the screen resolution or settings.

The above may already cover this, but just in case:

Assuming the widescreen is an external monitor plugged into the laptop--does the display settings in the laptop have the option to use that as the primary monitor (if it's not already doing so), or even as the *only* monitor (disabling the built-in screen)?

I ask because I have found lots of stuff over the years in all sorts of software that just doesn't work right in multimonitor setups; either has a problem being on a secondary/etc display, or has a problem if there *is* a secondary/etc display.   

Most things work fine regardless, but not everything does (and I have no idea what they're doing that would have anything to do with which monitor it's being used on, especially the ones that fail *if* there is more than one monitor even if it's on the primary).  

 

I can't actually see anything useful on the 17" laptop display at a resolution that's usable to fit things on, so I have to use an external 32" (minimum) monitor with it's max resolution of 1920x1080 (it's really a TV, but I could afford it from Goodwill, unlike an actual computer monitor in this size; I was using a 42" but the power supply blew up inside it so until I figure out what the parts used to be and replace them, or hack a different PSU in there, I'm stuck with the smaller harder-to-read one). 

I used to try to use the built in 17" for stuff like effects/synths I wanted to keep open but out of my way, but I have had so much wierdness with programs (some in music software, some in everyday stuff) that I gave up a while ago and just disabled it so the whole system uses only the external; no problems since then. 

[sjoens]

Good point.  I have the big one set as main screen so I may reset it and see what happens.  So far this is the only glitch I've had using the 2 monitors.  It may also be happening because the monitors use different video cards, but that's by design and can't be changed... I've tried.

Edited 12 hours ago by sjoens