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Contents

• How Do I use DisplayFusion?
• System Tray Context Menu
  • Multi-Monitor Taskbar Context Menu
  • Multi-Monitor Taskbar Size
• Desktop Wallpaper
  • Flickr Image Browser
  • Vladstudio Image Browser
• Settings
  • Options
  • HotKeys
  • TitleBar Buttons
  • Taskbar
  • Wallpaper
  • Window Snapping
  • Window Management
  • Proxy
  • Languages
  • License Key
  • Compatibility
  • Troubleshooting

How Do I use DisplayFusion?

DisplayFusion is an application that is always running in the background. To adjust any DisplayFusion settings, or use DisplayFusion to set your desktop wallpaper, just right-click the DisplayFusion icon in the system tray.

Windows will sometimes hide system tray icons. If you don’t see the icon, try expanding the system tray using the expansion arrow. Double-clicking the DisplayFusion icon brings you to the Desktop Wallpaper window. Right-clicking the DisplayFusion icon will bring up the DisplayFusion context menu with all of the different DisplayFusion options.

System Tray Context Menu

When you right-click the system tray icon, the DisplayFusion system tray context menu will appear.

• Desktop Wallpaper: Opens the Desktop Wallpaper configuration window
• Random Wallpaper Changer:
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  • Go to Next Image: Changes your desktop wallpaper to a new random image
  • Freeze Current Images: Temporarily disables the random wallpaper changing (will start again after DisplayFusion is restarted, or this option is de-selected)
• Multi-Monitor Taskbar: Toggle the multi-monitor taskbar on/off
• Settings: Opens the DisplayFusion Settings window
• Open Display Properties: Opens the Windows Display Properties window
• Open Task Manager: Opens Windows Task Manager
• Upgrade to Pro: View information about upgrading to DisplayFusion Pro
• Enter a License Key: Opens the DisplayFusion Settings window so you can enter a new Pro license key
• Language: Allows you to quickly change DisplayFusion’s interface language
  • You can download more languages from the DisplayFusion Languages page
• Help: Opens the DisplayFusion online help
• About: Displays the DisplayFusion about screen with the credits and version information
• Exit: Closes DisplayFusion

Multi-Monitor Taskbar Context Menu

When you right-click on any of the multi-monitor taskbars, a special taskbar context menu will appear. It has the same options as the regular context menu, with some extra taskbar options.

• Multi-Monitor Taskbar: Toggle the multi-monitor taskbar on/off
• Multi-Monitor Taskbar Size: Use this to manually set the taskbar’s size
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• Multi-Monitor Taskbar Position: Use this to manually set the taskbar’s position
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Multi-Monitor Taskbar Size

Use the Multi-Monitor Taskbar Size window to specify a custom size for your multi-monitor taskbar. You can open this window by right-clicking on a multi-monitor taskbar, clicking “Multi-Monitor Taskbar Size”, then “Custom Size”. Specify the taskbars size in pixels (either the width or height, depending on the taskbar’s position). The value must be over 20 pixels and less than 1000 pixels. Click the Ok button when you are done for the changes to take effect.

Desktop Wallpaper

• Monitors (top of window):
  • Shows a representation of your monitors
  • Right-click a monitor to load an image for that monitor, or clear an existing image

• Background Mode:
  • Span an Image across all Monitors: Selecting this option will span your selected image across all of your monitors
  • Use a different Image for each Monitor: Selecting this option will allow you to set individual image settings for each monitor
  • Adjust Background for use with Active Desktop: If you are using Active Desktop (Windows XP only) this setting will be selected automatically, otherwise you can ignore this setting

• Image Tab:
  • The image tab allows you to load images to use as your desktop wallpaper. If you have selected the image spanning mode the image selection will be for all monitors, not just the selected one.
  • Image Mode:
    • Use 1 Image: Uses a single image for the selected monitor or spanning:
      • Image: Displays the currently loaded image’s location
      • Clear: Clears the currently loaded image
      • Load From: Allows you to load an image from one of these sources:
        • My Computer
        • Flickr
        • Vladstudio
    • Randomly change using Images from my computer: (DisplayFusion Pro only)
      • Add File: Browse for an image file to add to the random rotation list
      • Add Folder: Browse for a folder to add to the random rotation list (sub-folders are included)
      • Remove: Removes the currently selected file or folder from the list
      • Show images in alphabetical order: Shows the images in alphabetical order, instead of randomly
    • Randomly change using Images from Flickr.com: (DisplayFusion Pro only)
      • Search Text: The text that will be used to perform the Flickr search
      • Person: The search will be limited to this person’s images
      • Group: The search will be limited to this group
      • Get Settings: Opens the Flickr image browser to specify the 3 settings (above)
      • Clear Settings: Clears the current Flickr settings
    • Randomly change using Images from Vladstudio.com: (DisplayFusion Pro only)
      • Keyword: The keyword that will be used to perform the Vladstudio search
      • Category: The search will be limited to this category
      • Get Settings: Opens the Vladstudio image browser to specify the 2 settings (above)
      • Clear Settings: Clears the current Vladstudio settings
  • Size Mode:
    • Centre: Centres the image in the monitor’s dimensions (may leave gaps along the edges if it isn’t an exact fit)
    • Stretch: Stretches the image to fit the monitor’s dimensions (may distort the image)
    • Fit Best and Maintain Aspect Ratio (No Clipping): Scales the image without distorting it to fill the monitor, without clipping any image edges (may leave gaps along the edges if it isn’t an exact fit)
    • Fit Best and Maintain Aspect Ratio (Clip Edges): Scales the image without distorting it to fill the monitor and clips the image’s edges to fill the monitor completely
    • Fit Width and Maintain Aspect Ratio: Scales the image so that the width of the image equals the monitor’s width (may leave gaps along the top/bottom sides if the image isn’t an exact fit)
    • Fit Height and Maintain Aspect Ratio: Scales the image so that the height of the image equals the monitor’s height (may leave gaps along the left/right sides if the image isn’t an exact fit)
    • Tile: Puts the image into the top-left corner and repeats the image over and over until the monitor is filled
  • Don’t stretch smaller images: This setting will allow DisplayFusion to scale larger images to fit the screen, but it will centre smaller images so that they aren’t blown up
  • Colour Mode:
    • Allows you to modify an image’s colours
    • Normal: Displays the image using it’s normal colours
    • Greyscale: Converts the image into a greyscale image
    • Sepia Tone: Converts the image into a sepia toned image (brownish colours)
  • Background Colour: This is the background colour that will be used if the image doesn’t fill the monitor completely
  • Minutes between Change: This is only visible when the random image changer is being used. Specify a value in minutes between the image changes.

• Image Position Tab: (DisplayFusion Pro only)
  • The position tab allows you to manually adjust an images offset for the selected monitor. The positioning works on a per-monitor basis, even when the image spanning mode is selected.
  • Up/Down/Left/Right: Moves the image up, down, left or right
  • Reset: Resets the positioning to the defaults (all 0’s)

• Image Scaling Tab: (DisplayFusion Pro only)
  • Coming soon…

• Wallpaper Settings: Opens the DisplayFusion Settings window, with the Wallpaper tab selected
• Use Default Options: Resets all wallpaper settings to their defaults

Desktop Wallpaper – Flickr Image Browser

• You can use the Flickr Image Browser to either load a single image from Flickr using the powerful search, or you can specify settings to use later with the random image changer
• Search Text: This is the text that will be used to perform the search (ex: Lamborghini, wallpapers, or anything else you can imagine)
• Only show images from this Group: This will restrict the search to images that belong to the listed group
  • Find Group: Opens the “Choose Flickr Group” window
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    • Flickr Group: Fill in part of the name of the Flickr group you are looking for (ex: wallpapers)
    • Search: Click the Search button to start the group search
    • Ok: Click the Ok button (or double-click a group) to use the currently selected Flickr group for your image search
    • Cancel: Return to the previous window without selecting a Flickr group
  • Clear Group: Clears the currently selected group, and doesn’t use a group when performing the image search
• Only show images from this Person: Only shows images from a person by this name
• Search: Click this button to start your image search
• Get Next 100 Images: Gets the next 100 image in your search (if there are more than the first 100)
• Reset: Resets all the search fields back to their blank defaults
• Right-click on an image: This will present a menu with different options:
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  • Use Image #x: Use this image for your wallpaper
  • Title: Displays the image’s title from Flickr
  • Size: Displays the image’s resolution
  • Preview Image #x: Opens your web browser and redirects to this image’s Flickr page

Desktop Wallpaper – Vladstudio Image Browser

• You can use the Vladstudio Image Browser to either load a single image from Vladstudio, or you can specify settings to use later with the random image changer
• Keyword: Select a keyword to filter by from the pre-built list of keywords
• Category: Select a category to filter by from the pre-built list of categories
• Search: Click this button to start your image search
• Get Next 100 Images: Gets the next 100 image in your search (if there are more than the first 100)
• Right-click on an image: This will present a menu with different options:
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  • Use Image #x: Use this image for your wallpaper
  • Title: Displays the image’s title from Vladstudio
  • Size: Displays the image’s resolution
  • Preview Image #x: Opens your web browser and redirects to this image’s Vladstudio page
• If you are not logged into Vladstudio:
  • You won’t have access to the high-resolution multi-monitor images unless you are logged into your Vladstudio account
  • Email: The email address associated with your Vladstudio account
  • Keycode: The keycode associated with your Vladstudio account
  • Login: Try to login using your email address and keycode (above)
  • Register: Takes you to the Vladstudio registration page
• If you are logged into Vladstudio:
  • My Account: Launches your web browser and takes you to your Vladstudio account page
  • Sign Out: Signs you out of your Vladstudio account

Settings

You can use the Settings window to control all the different functions of DisplayFusion. You can create your own HotKey or TitleBar Buttons, configure your proxy settings, adjust how your multi-monitor taskbar looks and much more.

Settings – Options

• Start with Windows: Enable this to have DisplayFusion start when you turn your computer on
• Pause System Hooks when a fullscreen program is detected: Enable this to have DisplayFusion unload any system hooks when a game or another fullscreen application is detected. Using this setting can help reduce stutter/lag in some games
• Run DisplayFusion as a high priority process: Enable this to run DisplayFusion as a higher priority process. Using this setting can help improve the performance of DisplayFusion when CPU heavy applications are running
• Check for updates automatically: Enable this to let DisplayFusion periodically check for updates
• Check for Updates Now: Perform an update check right now

Settings – HotKeys

• Enable HotKeys: Toggle the HotKeys feature on and off
• Add: Add a new custom HotKey (DisplayFusion Pro only)
• Remove: Remove a custom HotKey (DisplayFusion Pro only)
• Edit: Edit the currently selected HotKey
• Reset all HotKeys: Resets your HotKeys to the defaults
• Double-click a HotKey to edit it

• If you are editing a default HotKey, most of these fields will be unavailable. Create your own custom HotKey to use all of these fields.
• Name: Give your HotKey a name
• Key Combination: This is the key combination that will be used to activate your HotKey. Make sure you don’t specify a key combination that is use by any other applications
• Window Screen Action: This setting tells DisplayFusion what to do with the window (move it to the next monitor, previous monitor, span it… etc)
• Window Position Change: This setting tells DisplayFusion where to move the window on the monitor (top-left corner, middle… etc)
• Window Width Change: This setting can adjust a window’s width by a percentage of the monitor’s width (50%, for example) or by a specific pixel amount
• Width Value: If you selected “percentage” in the above setting, specify a value from 1 to 100. If you selected “pixel” in the above setting, specify any width
• Window Height Change: This setting can adjust a window’s height by a percentage of the monitor’s height (50%, for example) or by a specific pixel amount
• Height Value: If you selected “percentage” in the above setting, specify a value from 1 to 100. If you selected “pixel” in the above setting, specify any width

Settings – TitleBar Buttons

• Enable TitleBar Buttons: Toggle the TitleBar Buttons feature on and off
• TitleBar Button Background: The graphic that shows up behind your TitleBar Buttons. Pick the one that matches your existing Windows look and feel for the best visual experience
• Auto: Let DisplayFusion pick the best background for you
• Add: Adds a new TitleBar Button (limit of 1 button with the free version of DisplayFusion)
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  • HotKey: Select the HotKey to use with this new TitleBar Button
  • TitleBar Button: Select an image that represents the selected HotKey, and that looks good with your existing Windows look and feel
• Remove: Removes the currently selected TitleBar Button
• Up: Moves the currently selected TitleBar Button up in the list
• Down: Moves the currently selected TitleBar Button down in the list

Settings – Taskbar

• Enable a Taskbar on each Monitor: Toggle the Multi-Monitor Taskbar feature on and off (DisplayFusion Pro only)
• Use Windows Visual Styles when available: This setting will force DisplayFusion to mimic the look and feel of the Windows taskbar
• Auto-hide the DisplayFusion Taskbars: This setting will auto-hide the DisplayFusion taskbars to maximize desktop space
• Show thumbnail window previews: This setting will show a small preview window when hovering the mouse over a DisplayFusion taskbar item
• Show taskbar in front of fullscreen applications when they lose focus: By default, DisplayFusion will force the multi-monitor taskbars behind any fullscreen application – use this setting to all the DisplayFusion taskbar to appear in front of a fullscreen application when that application loses focus
• Taskbar items show icons and text: Checking this setting will allow the DisplayFusion taskbars to show an application icon and the window’s title on each taskbar item, when this is unchecked only the application icon will be displayed
• Middle-clicking a taskbar item opens a new instance: This setting allows you to middle-click on any DisplayFusion taskbar item to open an additional instance of that application
• Taskbar Opacity: This setting controls the taskbar opacity when the mouse isn’t hovering over it – 100% is full opaque and 1% is fully translucent
• Taskbar Window Options:
  • All taskbars show relevant windows: Each taskbar (DisplayFusion and Windows) will only show applications which are open on that monitor
  • Windows taskbar shows all windows, Displayfusion taskbar shows relevant windows: The Windows taskbar will show all applications, but the DisplayFusion taskbars will only show applications that are open on that monitor
  • All taskbars show all windows: Each (DisplayFusion and Windows) taskbar will show all applications

Settings – Wallpaper

• Remove unused temporary image files automatically: This setting will delete any previously downloaded images from the random wallpaper changer (Flickr, Vladstudio… etc) when that image is no longer being used by DisplayFusion – this setting won’t delete any of your images
• Don’t check for wallpaper changes while a fullscreen application is running: This setting will prevent DisplayFusion from adjusting the wallpaper or downloading new random images while a fullscreen application (game, video… etc) is running
• Don’t process wallpaper changes while in a remote desktop session (RDP): This setting will prevent DisplayFusion from adjusting the wallpaper or downloading new random images while someone is connected to the computer in an RDP (Remote Desktop) session
• Rotate wallpaper images automatically using JPEG EXIF information: This setting allows DisplayFusion to automatically rotate images using the orientation setting contained in the image’s JPEG EXIF information
• Prompt before applying wallpaper settings: This setting will force DisplayFusion to prompt you before applying any new wallpaper settings – if you want to apply wallpaper settings without being prompted, just un-check this setting
• Random wallpaper changer ignores hidden files and folders:: This setting will force DisplayFusion to not use any hidden image files while using the random wallpaper changer
• Use transitions when changing wallpaper: This setting allows DisplayFusion to gradually fade in a new desktop wallpaper (Windows 7 only)
• Warn me if my wallpaper needs adjusting: This setting will show a pop-up balloon over the DisplayFusion icon when your desktop wallpaper needs adjusting (because of a resolution change… etc)
  • Fix my wallpaper without prompting: This setting will automatically correct the wallpaper when it needs adjusting (DisplayFusion Pro only)

Settings – Window Snapping


• Window snapping allows application windows to be snapped to the edges of the monitors. Just enable this setting, then draw and drop an application’s window within a preset (below) number of pixels from an edge and it will be moved or “snapped” over to the edge.
• Enable Window Edge Snapping to edges of Monitors: Toggle the Window Snapping feature on and off
• Enable Window Edge Snapping to edges of other Application Windows: Snaps window edges to the edges of other application’s, not just monitor edges (DisplayFusion Pro only)
• Window Snap Distance (Pixels): This setting controls how close a window needs to be in order to snap

Settings – Window Management


• Enable maximized window dragging between monitors: This setting allows you to click on a maximized window’s TitleBar (see below) and drag it to a new monitor, without having to restore the window, drag it to the new monitor and re-maximize it
• Enable middle-click window moving (middle-click on a window’s caption bar): This setting allows you to middle-click any application window’s TitleBar (see below) to quickly move it to the next monitor


Settings – Proxy


• Proxy settings are generally only required when accessing the internet while on a corporate network. Please contact your network administrator for your required proxy settings.
• Use these proxy server settings to access the internet: This setting toggles whether DisplayFusion will use the proxy settings (below) when accessing the internet (update checks, wallpaper images… etc)
• Server Address: The address of your proxy server (ex: proxy.server.com or 192.168.1.1 or whatever your network requires)
• Server Port:: The port of your proxy server (ex: 8080)
• Username, Password: The username and password to authenticate with on your proxy server (leave blank if not required)

Settings – Languages


• The languages tab contains a list of languages that you currently have installed. Click the Get New and Updated Languages link to download and install new languages. You can’t change the current interface language from this screen. To change the current language, use the DisplayFusion system tray context menu.

Settings – License Key


• License Key: When you request a trial license, or purchase a DisplayFusion Pro license, you will receive a license key by email – just paste that license key here to enable the DisplayFusion Pro features
• Paste from Clipboard: If you have copied your license key from your email, just click this button to automatically paste it into the License Key box
• Licensed To: Displays who the license is registered to
• Expires: Displays the license expiry date (if using a trial license)

Settings – Compatibility


• If you are having a problem with one of DisplayFusion’s features with a certain application, just add it to this list and exclude it from that feature.
• Application: The application’s main executable file
• TitleBar Buttons: Displays whether TitleBar Buttons are allowed to be added to this application’s windows, and displays the TitleBar Button offset if it isn’t zero
• Window Snapping: Displays whether DisplayFusion is allowed to snap this application’s windows to monitor/application window edges
• Wallpaper: Displays whether DisplayFusion is allowed to use the random wallpaper changer while this application is running
• Add: Add a new application to the list (see below)
• Remove: Removes the currently selected application(s) from the list
• Edit: Edits the currently selected application in the list (see below)

Settings – Compatibility (Add/Edit Application)


• Select File: Browse for an application’s main executable file
• Select Running Application: Pick an application from a list of currently running applications
• Allow TitleBar Buttons to be added to this Application: If this is selected TitleBar Buttons will be added to this application’s windows
• TitleBar Button Offset: Specify a negative value to shift the TitleBar Buttons left, and a positive value to shift them right
• Allow Window Snapping with this Application: If this is selected, this application’s windows will snap to monitor/application window edges
• Allow Wallpaper changes while this Application is running: If this is selected DisplayFusion will allow the random wallpaper changer to change the wallpaper, otherwise it will pause wallpaper changes when this application is detected

Settings – Troubleshooting


• The troubleshooting tab contains information and options that are only useful for troubleshooting when something isn’t working correctly. The text area contains all the information required by Binary Fortress Support when submitting a help request.
• Refresh: Refreshes the information in the text area
• Copy Information to Clipboard: Copies the information from the text area to the clipboard – you can paste this information into an email or forum post by pressing Ctrl + V
• DisplayFusion Support: This links to the DisplayFusion Online Support
• Advanced DisplayFusion Settings: This links to the Advanced DisplayFusion Settings page where you can see advanced settings that aren’t visible on any of the settings tabs
• Enable debug logging: This setting creates a detailed diagnostic log while DisplayFusion is running – this log will contain all the information required to diagnose DisplayFusion issues
• Open Log Location: Opens an explorer window to the debug log file’s location so you can attach it to an email, or upload it to the support forum
• Enable global application hooks: These application hooks are what DisplayFusion uses to perform it’s magic – only disable this when troubleshooting, as most of DisplayFusion’s features will break with this is disabled. This is how disabling the hooks will affect DisplayFusion:
  • TitleBar Buttons: Will function normally, but updating will be slow
  • Taskbar: Will function normally, but updating will be slow
  • Window Snapping: Won’t work at all
  • Maximized Window Dragging: Won’t work at all
  • Middle-click Window Moving: Won’t work at all