Multiple Desktop Custom Sizes - Windows 8.1

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I want to be able to adjust the sizes of multiple desktops so that they are true to life. I have 2x 30inch LCD screens, one is 1920x1080, and the other is 2560x1440. In my desktop preview they are different sizes... this causes issues when I want to adjust the position of the monitors to make moving my mouse across them more comfortable.

Check the screenshot, the problem is that screen 2 and 3 are actually the same size, and screen 1 is actually a laptop, so it's much smaller than the other two in real life.

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No, you can't . Hell, you're even confused about your screen size (clearly says 27" rather than 30"), so no wonder you would be asking for something that just can't happen.

The display shown there is pixel size, so you need to either bump up the screen scaling (the "make text and other items larger or smaller" option on that screenshot) on the two larger resolution monitors (and everything looks big/soft) or learn to deal with it.
 


Wow no need to be so catty. Excuuuuuse me for not finding out precisely what sizes the screens were before posting the question. Screen scaling is not the issue here. They should fix that feature because it's making it very irritating when I want to move my mouse across each screen. If the preview was actually accurate to the screen-size I could arrange those screens in a way that is true to life. I was aware that it was not possible, I just thought someone around here might know of an app that could help me with it - as I'm sure I can't be the only person having this issue - in fact everyone in my office agrees it sucks.
 

1) You're the one asking for help, you need to realize that people like me aren't getting paid to help and are beyond generous in doing so.
2) The screen size IS important in your case, so of course it matters. Rather than two different screen sizes, you have THREE sizes, and each is a different DPI



Screen scaling IS the issue here, as Windows displays and connects screens by resolution rather than by size. You aren't printing paper here, you're putting digital pixels in order. Changing scaling settings will help you, and is the ONLY way to help you, since Windows works by pixels rather than screen sizes. In fact, all operating systems do this, and the only way you will ever see screen size in the equation is when using screen scaling and virtual screen sizes. Just remember that things will look soft/horrible as a result of you not wanting to buy identical monitors (which is always recommended for multi-monitor setups)
 

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