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I use four displays at work. The windows 10 display control panel allows the user to "select and rearrange displays" but it does not offer fine-grained control over where those displays are positioned.

How display areas touch at, say, a corner, determines whether it is possible to move the mouse easily between them or whether the corner creates a 'trap' that the pointer can get stuck in.

Is there a solution to the problem that the display control panel likes to 'snap' the position of some of the displays into one that is not useful for me? I try to correct the problem but the display position far "overshoots" where I need it to be. I need something in the middle of the two positions that the control panel allows.

In the image you see below, it is hard to tell but a 'trap' was created in the lower-right of display 3, such that the pointer cannot travel from the corner of display 3 into display 1. The control panel does not allow me to line up the right edge of display 3 with the right edge of display 1. The pointer DOES travel from other areas of display 3 into display 1.

trap was created

I realize not everyone is going to have my 'problems', please let's keep this discussion to what software does and does not do.

Edit, to those suggesting nvidia/AMD software The computer does not have an Nvidia or AMD graphics card. Does that software get the job done regardless of this fact? :)

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To disable the snapping when aligning multiple monitors in Windows 10, hold down CTRL while positioning the monitors in settings.

I discovered the solution to this issue while experimenting. Since I couldn't find it via a simple internet search, I figured I'd note a solution for anyone else struggling to resolve this, as this post is the first search result.

bgupta
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I was facing the same problem, and finally after quite a long search found a freeware tool that allows a pixel-precise fine tune placement of multi-monitor setup in Windows 10.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multi_monitor_tool.html

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It appears the problem is actually not display arrangement but rather "sticky corners" that cannot be disabled! However some people have made software to try to address this

How to disable sticky corners in Windows 10

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To make fine-grained monitor position adjustments when aligning multiple monitors in Windows 10 settings, hold down CTRL while adjusting the monitors' relative positions. (This will override the snapping to an invisible grid, that is the default behavior.)

I discovered the solution to this issue while experimenting. Since I couldn't find a solution via a simple internet search, I figured I'd note a solution here for anyone else struggling to resolve this since this question was the first hit in search results

bgupta
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