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Got FG on my ext. monitor, but mouse controls don't behave

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Got FG on my ext. monitor, but mouse controls don't behave

Postby csnizik » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:20 pm

16 inch MacBook Pro running Big Sur 11.5.2
Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5300M 4GB
Two external monitors (HP 27f, 1920 x 1080)
FG Version 2020.3.11

Using the info in README.multiscreen, I've successfully gotten FG to display full screen on one of my external monitors.

I'm using a mouse, and as soon as I hit the Tab key to toggle into either flight control or view control, the cursor jumps down to the center of my laptop screen and I can't move it back onto the FG window. When I try to move it up onto the external monitor, it immediately jumps back down to the center of my laptop screen.

This is the preferences.xml file I'm using:

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<PropertyList>
  <sim>
    <rendering>
      <camera-group>
        <window>
          <name>FlightGear on 1</name>
          <display>0</display>
          <screen>1</screen>
          <fullscreen>true</fullscreen>
          <decoration>false</decoration>
          <x>0</x>
          <y>0</y>
          <host-name type="string"></host-name>
          <width>1920</width>
          <height>1080</height>
        </window>
        <camera>
          <window>
            <name>FlightGear on 1</name>
          </window>
        </camera>
        <gui>
          <window>
            <name>FlightGear on 1</name>
          </window>
        </gui>
      </camera-group>
    </rendering>
  </sim>
</PropertyList>
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Re: Got FG on my ext. monitor, but mouse controls don't beha

Postby csnizik » Wed Dec 22, 2021 6:56 pm

Figured this out
In case anyone else encounters this problem on a MacBook, here's what worked for me.

Go to System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement and relocate the menu bar from the laptop to whichever display you're trying to run FlightGear on. (You relocate the menu bar by grabbing the white strip that is across the top of one of the displays and dragging it onto another display.) Then I had to go into my preferences.xml file and change the <screen> from 1 to 0, since screen 0 is now the external monitor I'm trying to use. When I relaunched FlightGear, it was displaying on the correct monitor and when I hit TAB to cycle through mouse modes, the cursor remained on the correct monitor.

I'm not a MacBook hardware expert so I don't know the exact specifics of what's happening here, but it worked :)
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Re: Got FG on my ext. monitor, but mouse controls don't beha

Postby Dudeurodude » Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:18 pm

macbook running mojave 10.14.6
intel iris 1536 graphics
flightgear 2020.3.12




Sorry but i recently downloaded flightgear and got this problem. I can't seem to find my properties.xml file. I have searched everything. Even forums saying the name changed. If you could help me find it that would be very nice. Thanks

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