Dual monitor with mismatched monitor heights - invisible area.

[Colin Law]

Has anyone any thoughts on this or is that just the way it is?
Colin

2009/5/30 Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>:
> I am using Intrepid with two monitors (laptop and TFT monitor) operating in
> side-by-side mode, so the the desktop flows from one to the other.  No doubt
> there is a more accurate technical term for this mode of operation.  All is
> well except for the fact that the two displays have different vertical
> resolutions (one is 1280x800, the other 1280x1024) which has the unfortunate
> effect that there is an area of the desktop that is off the top of the
> smaller screen.  It is easy for things to get lost in this invisible area as
> the mouse can be moved into it and things dropped.  Also if I mount a device
> or create something on the desktop then the link is placed in this area.
>
> This is not a major disaster as it is easy to move the display on the
> background to find them, but it is somewhat annoying.  Is there any way of
> achieving the effect that Windows achieves when used in this mode, where the
> overall desktop fits the monitors rather than being the larger encompasing
> rectangle?
>
> All suggestions gratefully received (within reason)
>
> Colin
>