Multiple monitor and custom monitor positioning support

Synergy supports multiple monitor configuration; however, the current version of Synergy only works when the layout is completely separated between computers. The following layouts are supported:

As long as the monitors are symmetrical (2x2, 4x4) or linear (2x1, 3x1, 4x1), Synergy will recognize them as one large screen, and the mouse movement between them will be seamless.

Synergy does not currently support custom monitor positioning, for example, having monitors from different computers interlaced, such as:

monitor positioning synergy

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If your monitors are positioned at different heights, or they are of different sizes and you only want them to switch in specific areas, this is possible using a custom configuration. The following setups are supported:

Synergy 3

If you're using Synergy 3, then you can simply arrange your screens as above by dragging on the corners of the screens to resize them.

Synergy 1

Unfortunately, due to the grid-based nature of the Synergy 1 screen editor, this kind of monitor arrangement requires a custom manual config file; please let us know if you need help creating a custom config file for Synergy 1.

The config file for example 2 above is: 

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section: screens
Computer 1:
Computer 2:
Computer 3:
end

section: aliases
end

section: links
Computer 1:
down(0,50) = Computer 2(0,100)
down(50,100) = Computer 3(0,100)

Computer 2:
up(0,100) = Computer 1(0,50)
right(0,100) = Computer 3(0,100)

Computer 3:
up(0,100) = Computer 1(50,100)
left(0,100) = Computer 2(0,100)
end

section: options
end
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