r0b123
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If its an Android phone version 4.2.x and higher, you can duplicate your display. Great when you want to show your photos and videos to family and friends.
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If its an Android phone version 4.2.x and higher, you can duplicate your display. Great when you want to show your photos and videos to family and friends.
Nuspieds
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No, it is not that complicated.
When you add monitors (wirelessly-connected or not), you are adding the capability to have Windows either extend or duplicate your primary display.
So, in my case, I have an SP2 running Windows 8.1; my primary display is obviously my SP2. When I project to the additional monitors (again, whether they be my DisplayPort-connected external monitors or my TV via the Wireless Display Adapter), I am either extending my SP2 screen or duplicating it.
By default, if I choose to extend, then the additional monitor(s) will show the Desktop screen; but from there, I can choose to show the Start screen and launch any Modern UI app on the additional monitor(s). Or, I can start a Desktop app. Or, I can start any type of app on my primary display and drag it to any of the extended displays. Whatever; the bottom line is that I do not have any restrictions; all I'm doing is adding monitors to which I am either duplicating my device's primary screen or simply extending its display field.
As Liam2349 indicated above, if you are going to extend your primary display, then obviously you need some sort of mechanism to navigate to and control content on the additional display(s)--but that's just a normal function of your device, be that via a mouse, pen, keyboard, touchscreen, touchpad, etc.
raqball
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In my case I have neither. I use the SP3 as a tablet.. Can the pen be used?
Without a Mouse/Trackpad there is no way to control an extended monitor via the Surface Screen....
TestudoAubreii
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Are you all talking about the adapter that came out at the end of October? If so, I just bought one from the Microsoft B&M store and they gave me 10% off. And, the associate told me that it is not wireless, as in connects via your wifi, but it is a Bluetooth device. It displays pretty good without any lag, as far as I noticed, anyway.
Nuspieds
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Well...not 100% true!
Believe it or not, I was able to do it, but it required a lot of "gymnastics" (not to mention utter patience!
) and was limited to Desktop apps:- You can use your finger to drag the window as far as you can from the Surface screen to the extended screen;
- Use the on-screen keyboard to click Alt and invoke the menu (e.g., Alt+F to access the File menu);
- Click the back arrow to display the window system menu (Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize, Close);
- Select Move;
- Use the arrow keys to continue to fully move and position the window on the extended screen;
- From the Surface screen, you can always use Alt+Tab to access the apps running on that extended screen.
So just get a really portable Bluetooth mouse instead if the Touch/Type Cover keyboard is not an option.Similar threads
