Sketch size larger than current display

mot

I need to have my sketch stretch over one and a half screens. Main output is on screen one and a control section on the overlap to screen 2. I need to keep the rest of screen two available for dealing with other windows.

I need to be able to work on this while only having one monitor (travelling, cant take a second monitor). Is there a way to set the width to 1920+500(control bar width). As it is now the sketch gets resized to 1920 width whenever i exceed 1920.

Perhaps there is a way to deactivated the auto-resize?

Thanks in advance o/

jeremydouglass

What operating system / version are you on, and what specific version of Processing?

On OS X 10.10.5 / Processing 3.2.1, when I run this sketch:

void setup(){ size(2400,200); }
void draw() { background(0);  }

...it correctly generates a 2400px wide sketch window that is wider than my screen. The window spawns against the left edge of my screen, and overflows off the right side. I can confirm by dragging the window around.

koogs

I often see a message telling me that the sketch had been resized to fit my screen. Might be renderer specific but it's never what i want 8) (Linux)

mot

void setup(){size(2000,200);}

void draw(){println(width);}

Prints 2000 but my window has been scaled to fit my resolution

3.2.1 Windows10

KevinWorkman

I can create a Processing window that's wider than my displays (even larger than my dual monitor setup) just fine.

I'm on Windows 10 using Processing 3.1.1.

koogs

ok, more precisely, i'm on 3.0b7, linux mint 17

size(1500, 800);

^ window as big as i like (1366x768 is the default)

size(1500, 800, P3D); // or P2D

^ gives me "The sketch has been automatically resized to fit the screen resolution"

doesn't happen in 3.1.1 (but 3.1.1 has other problems that means i prefer 3.0)

jeremydouglass

The error message that koogs gives is OpenGL-specific (e.g. P2D / P3D).

When I search the Processing source for the error message "The sketch has been automatically resized to fit the screen resolution" -- it only appears in the OpenGL code, in PSurfaceJOGL.java on line 863.

That said, I'm not getting that behavior on my system (OS X 10.10.5 / Processing 3.2.1). When I run this sketch:

void setup(){ size(2400,200, P3D); }
void draw() { background(0); box(40); }

...I don't get that error message appearing in my console -- it just gives me a 3D render inside a 2400px wide window (which is wider than my screen).