Swap views between windows?

I have a two-monitor, two application window setup. I love it. I primarily work on one monitor, while the other holds a lot of dialogs, palettes and an extra view window or two.

Every once in a while, I will be working so that my main monitor has my working "area of interest", while the view on my second monitor shows another area that I'm using for reference. I'd like to be able to "swap" views, so that when I'm done working on area 1 I can start working on area 2, maintaining area 1 on a view as a reference. Basically, I'd like to switch things around to show area 2 on monitor 1 and area 1 on monitor 2.

Can I do that?

I know I can copy a view from one window to another (use it all the time), but that only works one way. I can get what I want through a process of Copy View/View Previous. I was just hoping there was some kind of one-click wonder for this.

MaryB
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  • Hi Mary

    I think the use of 'View Groups' might work for you. These save the views, the view locations and zooms. Once set they are available via the view group options which is by default located in the bottom left.

    HTH

    Ian
  • Very useful keyin to add to function keys

    Window ChangeScreen View 1- will change the application windows that view 1 is in. You can add others like Window ChangeScreen View 2. I have my F1 function key set to switch view 1 because some people in our office work on the right screen. Most of us use the left screen as the main working area.

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  • Or you can use a Keyin "copy view" mapped to a function key F1-12 and then it's on the fly selecting the original view to destination view. I use this all the time.

    Regards

    José

  • I am aware of that keyin - I use it a lot when I get into drawings for the first time to set them up "right". I guess I was hoping that I wouldn't have "physically" move the windows from one screen to the other. Around here, most people set up View 1 to be the "plotting" view with overrides and levels on/off (not my preference but there it is). I'd hate to run into any weirdness stemming from my accidentally leaving the wrong view on the "wrong" monitor. I was hoping there was something that would just swap display, not actual view windows. but thanks, that would give me something close to what I want.

    MaryB

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  • It seems like you want the application windows to swap screens rather than just the View Windows 1-8. If you want the application windows to switch then I think you would need some 3rd party software or display card utility where you can define which monitor application windows are displayed on.

    It's confusing because you talk about view 1 and needing to physically move windows from one screen to the other. The keyin I provided will swap the view (1-8) windows from one screen to the other without needing to physically move them (other then pressing a button).

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