how do dual monitors work

[BardiaMGTGC]

my 2 new monitors are coming in 2 days and i was confused of how they work 

how can i switch between monitors? just by dragging with mouse or what 

and also in a game how do we switch to other monitor

imaging having a game on one monitor and putty-chrome-spotify

[TwilightRavens]

2 minutes ago, BardiaMGTGC said:

my 2 new monitors are coming in 2 days and i was confused of how they work 

how can i switch between monitors? just by dragging with mouse or what 

and also in a game how do we switch to other monitor

imaging having a game on one monitor and putty-chrome-spotify

If you set it to extended you can just mouse over to the second monitor seamlessly, if you set it to duplicate it just duplicates what is on your main monitor.

[Nbd508]

You can set the monitors up with just the windows settings (if thats what you are using) you assign the monitors numbers and orient them as they are on the desk.  
You then have a few choices as to how the monitors behave, you will choose "extend" this display, so then your second monitor becomes just an extension of the existing desktop; you can easily move freely between the two with the mouse.

While gaming, it will generally be displayed on the main monitor you selected as default; this can be changed.
To change between game that is being played and access the second monitor (ie. spotify ect.) you will need to either alt+tab out of a game, or play in windowed/borderless mode.

[BardiaMGTGC]

1 minute ago, Nbd508 said:

You can set the monitors up with just the windows settings (if thats what you are using) you assign the monitors numbers and orient them as they are on the desk.  
You then have a few choices as to how the monitors behave, you will choose "extend" this display, so then your second monitor becomes just an extension of the existing desktop; you can easily move freely between the two with the mouse.

While gaming, it will generally be displayed on the main monitor you selected as default; this can be changed.
To change between game that is being played and access the second monitor (ie. spotify ect.) you will need to either alt+tab out of a game, or play in windowed/borderless mode.

so while playing the game and moving the mouse around like in a shooter game to shoot etc

the other monitor doesnt mess up the mouse movement?

 

[MrSimplicity]

Just now, BardiaMGTGC said:

so while playing the game and moving the mouse around like in a shooter game to shoot etc

the other monitor doesnt mess up the mouse movement?

 

some games are weird and your mouse will veer off onto the other monitor but this usually isn't an issue. Most FPS games the mouse is locked to the game for looking around so it never leaves that monitor.

[BardiaMGTGC]

Just now, MrSimplicity said:

some games are weird and your mouse will veer off onto the other monitor but this usually isn't an issue. Most FPS games the mouse is locked to the game for looking around so it never leaves that monitor.

i play minecraft competitively and im mostly worried about that

[Nbd508]

3 minutes ago, BardiaMGTGC said:

so while playing the game and moving the mouse around like in a shooter game to shoot etc

the other monitor doesnt mess up the mouse movement?

 

none of the games I play have ever done that. If you have issues play fullscreen on that game or get a window manager program 

[MrSimplicity]

3 minutes ago, BardiaMGTGC said:

i play minecraft competitively and im mostly worried about that

Yeah you shouldn't have an issue, the only time your mouse will be able to veer to your other monitor is when you're in your inv or a menu where you mouse is actually visible.