I have a triple monitor setup right now, but am thinking of trying a single ultrawide monitor. What is your preference?

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Sure, it’s quite simple:

    xrandr --setmonitor LEFT 1720/1x1440/1+0+0 DP-0
    xrandr --setmonitor RIGHT 1720/1x1440/1+1720+0 none
    i3-msg reload
    

    Essentially the first like tells it to only use a 1720x1440 starting at 0,0 area from the DP-0 screen. The second line creates a virtual monitor also with 1720x1440 but starting on 1720,0. The third line just reloads my WM so that it shows the bar at the top nicely.

    Edit: obviously this only works if you’re running X11, but I’m sure that Wayland has something similar