Hi Roger

Thanks, I’ll try that.  However then I will have to deal with reprogramming the 
wetware and the muscle memory which at my age may be a much more difficult 
process.  The ole wetware ain’t as moist and flexible as it once was ;-)

Martin

> On May 4, 2021, at 8:17 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode 
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Martin,
> 
> I have the same setup . . . second monitor on top of my MBP. I solved the 
> problem by unchecking “Displays have separate Spaces” in the Mission Control 
> System Preferences.
> 
> 
> Roger
> 
>> On May 4, 2021, at 3:17 PM, Martin Koob via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I have found that when I arrange monitors on my MacBook Pro I can’t position 
>> the second monitor above the main monitor(the one with the menu bar).  If I 
>> do odd things happen.  Just so happens I that is the space that I have for a 
>> second monitor  is on a stand above the screen of my MacBook Pro.  So I had 
>> to position my second monitor to the left of my main monitor.  I am then 
>> able to work on LiveCode in either monitor.  The only thing I had to do was 
>> re-train my brain that moving my mouse left was actually moving it up to my 
>> second monitor. Now it is second nature.
>> 
>> It is a really odd workaround and if the bug ever got fixed and I did in 
>> fact go back to to having the monitor arrangement with the second monitor 
>> above the main monitor I would probably develop carpal tunnel syndrome or 
>> maybe tennis elbow or some other musculoskeletal disorder  from my mouse 
>> hand  skidding off the mouse pad and hitting the laptop every time I want to 
>> go to the second monitor sitting above my laptop.
>> 
>> Martin
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 4, 2021, at 5:46 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode 
>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 5/4/2021 5:32 PM, Fred Moyer via use-livecode wrote:
>>>> Anyone having problems with multiple monitors and LC? I’m running 9.6.1 - 
>>>> Mac. I have a feeling LC is confused because I like to connect and 
>>>> disconnect monitors from my MacBook Pro. (Even the MacOS sometimes gets 
>>>> confused.) But now LC is doing crazy things — even when no external 
>>>> monitors are connected. I’ll move the mouse to the top of a stack window, 
>>>> and ask for the Mouseloc and it will return something like "100,-60”. If I 
>>>> click a button in the middle of the stack, the click will register in an 
>>>> object the 60 pixels above that. It’s not always 60 — the wrongness 
>>>> changed as I move the stack around. Other times it works fine. I can’t 
>>>> find a pattern to set it off.
>>>> 
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> Fred
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> With multiple monitor, zero vertical is the top of the top most monitor - 
>>> regardless of whether it is the primary monitor or not. The on 
>>> desktopChanged message may also be helpful as it is sent when the 
>>> displays/monitors change
>>> 
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