Improve Your Productivity in Single and Multi-Device Setups

When you connect multiple displays, each with its own optimal resolution, you may encounter a few common issues:

• Mouse Getting Stuck at Display Edges - This occurs due to mismatches in edge sizes and a lack of overlap between the edges of different displays.
• Sticky Corners for Windows Users - A specific challenge for Windows users is the sticky corners problem. This issue can cause the mouse cursor to get stuck at the corners of screens, regardless of the resolution settings.

Both can disrupt the workflow fluidity, forcing users to navigate around these problematic corners or adjust their screen resolutions, which might not always be ideal.

Simple Solution for Seamless Cursor Movement

You can bypass these frustrations by simply linking the edges where the displays are joined (indicated by a gray color) to create a seamless transition of your cursor across screens. This effectively addresses the issues caused by Windows sticky corners and the absence of built-in solutions in your operating system.

By default links between displays are using proportional mapping meaning it might not always provide the desired experience, especially when the connected displays vary in physical size. This discrepancy can cause the mouse to jump unexpectedly between displays instead of moving linearly as anticipated.

For users seeking a more advanced customization, the Pro version introduces the ability to split display borders into segments, offering a tailored approach to managing cursor movement across multiple monitors, in turn allowing for precise alignment and smoother cursor flow.

Implementing Segmented Borders

To take advantage of this feature, follow these steps:

1. Divide Linked Borders into Three Segments:

• A middle segment that accurately matches the real-life overlap between the displays.
• Two side segments that occupy the remaining space around the middle segment. These side segments should be kept to minimal on the smaller display, which can be achieved by reducing the size of middle segment, in the Segments Panel, from both ends.

2. Link Corresponding Segments Across Borders - Ensure that each segment is properly linked to its counterpart on the adjacent display.
3. Enable the Inversion Option for Side Segments - This step ensures that the movement across the ends of borders feels natural and intuitive.

This will allow you to achieve a more natural and intuitive cursor movement across your displays no matter the setup.

Implementing vertical and horizontal loops can significantly enhance navigation efficiency in multi-monitor setups by creating links between the outermost borders of displays. These configurations allow for endless movements of the mouse either vertically or horizontally, effectively minimizing the need to move the cursors over long distances across wide displays or between multiple screens.

Optimize Horizontal Arrangements

This is especially applicable to ultra-wide monitors or multiple displays aligned side by side:

• Link the outermost left and right edges of your display setup.

This will allow you to achieve quicker and more efficient mouse movements between the extreme points of their horizontal setup, eliminating the need to lift the mouse or release the trackpad.

Optimize Vertical Arrangements

Vertical loops cater to setups where displays are stacked, such as a laptop screen positioned below an external monitor:

• Link the outermost top and bottom borders of your display setup.

This will create a seamless vertical navigation path, allowing for quick cursor transitions between the top and bottom edges of the vertical arrangement, bypassing the need for unnecessary dragging up and down between the displays.

In multi-display environments, particularly those with vertical portrait orientations, users may encounter situations where they can only align two out of three horizontally placed displays to allow for mouse movement between them. This often results in difficulties when trying to navigate to the third screen, requiring users to maneuver the mouse around multiple corners or to adjust the resolution of the middle display, which is far from ideal.

Such scenarios frequently require the use of Pro border splitting feature to effectively close the gap between displays. This is especially true for displays with portrait orientation that are likely aligned with at least two other displays, requiring the linking of one border to two different borders belonging to separate displays.

Simplifying Navigation with Pro Border Splitting

To effectively close the gap between displays:

1. Split the Border - For displays with a gap, split the border of the side displays where the disconnect occurs.
2. Link Borders Separated by Gap - Connect the newly created border segment next to the gap with the border of adjacent display on the other side of the gap.
3. Optionally Link Remaining Segment - Link remaining segment from the split to a border of display already connected by your operating system to prevent unexpected cursor movements.

By ensuring smooth mouse movement across all screens, this solution eliminates the need to navigate around inconvenient corners and enhances overall productivity and ease of use without any compromises in your multi-display setup.

When you combine horizontally aligned monitors with an additional screen placed either below them, like a laptop, or above, such as another external monitor, you unlock the potential for enhanced productivity through the use of more windows. However, this potential may be compromised by the challenge of moving the cursor between displays positioned diagonally relative to each other. This typically requires passing through the central monitor, which can be annoying.

Simple Solution for Diagonal Cursor Movement

To creates a direct pathway for the cursor between non-linear display placement:

• Link Diagonally Opposite Borders - Connect the side border of the top/bottom display with the top or bottom border of the side displays.

By enabling diagonal movement, this setup allows for uninterrupted cursor transitions between displays without going through the central monitor, simplifying navigation and boosting productivity in a multi-display environment.

In layouts with less straightforward offsets, where no display is directly to the side of the top or bottom screen, maintaining fluid navigation becomes complex. A proportional link may help avoid navigating around corners but might not always place the mouse where expected.

Configuring for Intuitive Navigation

To address this, the Pro tier offers advanced customization:

1. Split Overlapping Borders - Divide the borders into sections where they meet with two or more screens, and adjust the size of each section so it lines up exactly where another screen begins or ends.
2. Link Opposite Segments - Connect diagonally opposite segments to enable diagonal mouse movement. Optionally, connect any leftover segments to areas where your operating system has already linked displays, ensuring smooth and predictable cursor transitions.

By offering a direct pathway for mouse movement, this solution ensures precise and intuitive navigation withing staggered multi-display configurations, effectively overcoming the limitations posed by non-linear display arrangements. It's particularly beneficial for setups that blend different orientations and sizes of screens.

For users connecting a single display from a second device, typically a laptop, the free tier of the KVM software presents an efficient solution to enhance productivity. It facilitates the simultaneous use of both devices without the hassle of manual keyboard and mouse switching. This is especially true if the second device display is positioned in a way where it's only aligned to a single display. Such placement subtly mitigates the limitations of the free tier as you'll more likely expect to move the mouse only between one border pair.

Setting Up a KVM Configuration

To easily connect your devices:

1. Rearrange Displays - Sometimes displays might not be rendered in the same order as they appear in real life, which can easily be fixed by dragging the displays around to resemble their real-life setup.
2. Link the Border Adjacent in Real Life - Create links between borders which will allow to move the mouse between the devices.
3. Using Keyboard or Clipboard - Clipboard and keyboard input will follow the mouse, meaning that key strokes will be sent to the device where mouse is currently located.

Utilizing the free KVM software in this way can significantly simplify the management of multiple devices, offering a budget-friendly solution for users looking to streamline their multi-device environment and boost productivity.

With the Pro version, users can unlock a truly borderless experience in any multi-display setup by applying various combinations of the uses cases described above and more. Although achieving a truly borderless experience might not yet be entirely seamless experience — owing to the current absence of certain functionalities such as file drag-and-drop — there is a commitment to continually enhance the platform:

• Upcoming Updates - Designed to introduce features such as file drag-and-drop, aiming to make interactions as seamless as possible across multiple devices.
• User-Centric Development - Future enhancements, including those aimed at enriching KVM-related functionalities, are largely determined by the user feedback, rather than a rigid, predefined roadmap. This approach ensures that updates are tailored to genuinely improve the user experience promoting a continuously improving ecosystem that adapts to users' changing requirements.