I'm not certain it's the application either, I seem to recall that behaviour stopping when I changed how my monitors were setup or updated drivers or something.

Bob.

I normally have DVDA 4.5 ( and Vegas )window on one screen and other floating windows on screen 2. In that mode the Undo menu appears next to its icon. If I spread the window across 2 monitors, Undo/Redo menu does appear on the second screen.
Strange!

I'm not reproducing this issue in DVDA 5.0 [Edit: or DVDA 4.0] on XP.

Here's something you might try, though:
Options>Preferences>General. Disable Windows XP Theme support.

Thanks Guys . . . .

baysidebas : For sure, and I am NOT getting this in Vegas.

farss : "I'm not certain it's the application either, " . . again, I am NOT getting this in Vegas

Mahesh : "If I spread the window across 2 monitors, Undo/Redo menu does appear on the second screen. Strange!" Thank you Mahesh.

bops : "I'm not reproducing this issue in DVDA 5.0 " - Sorry to sound boring, but I am NOT getting this with Vegas. So why would I try a fix - and I might do yet - that ISN'T an issue WITH Vegas?

Grazie

Ah! - I should say "s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d" over 2 monitors.

Apologies . .

Now try this please

Grazie

yep,, properties likes it over there also

"farss : "I'm not certain it's the application either, " . . again, I am NOT getting this in Vegas"

I did read what you had said, carefully.

I'll say it again. I have from memory seen this happen in other non SCS applications running with a desktop stretched over two monitors. One application (old version of PS I think) got itself in such a knot when I moved back to one single monitor with a smaller desktop the only way to get things back was to re-install the application.

Here's another example of how things can get messed up that has nothing to do with an application. On one PC that I sometimes run in dual monitor mode even though I've switched to single monitor I can move the mouse way, way off the L.H. side of the desktop. That's really annoying and damned if I can things back the way they should be. Try that simple test in your current dual monitor setup. If you can move the mouse pointer off the L.H. side of the screen and have it wrap around onto the R.H side of your second monitor you have a problem. Windows thinks there's space beyond the left side of the desktop, that's why it's rendering the text onto the R.H. monitor.

In general I believe applications simply ask Windows to render things in certain relative positions. The OS / video systems take care of doing the hard work. The application isn't aware of how big the desktop is or the number of monitors or which window it's running in.

Bob.

on mine it appears to be a resolution thing,,. got 2 different resolutions Grazie ?

Winrock? Thanks for asking . . . .

Before I answer you, why don't I get this same "displaced text menu" issue in either Vegas or ACID (just tested!)? If I have/had dissimilar resos, then surely this would happen in these other 2 SONY products too? If I had dissimilar resos then surely this would be the case too?

But, and to answer you, both screens come up with same the same resolution. And both screens in the little "1" and "2" rectangular boxes are the same size.

Grazie

If you can move the mouse pointer off the L.H. side of the screen and have it wrap around onto the R.H side of your second monitor you have a problem.

Thanks Bob.

Nope. I move the mouse to the extreme LEFT I get a hard stop. If I move the mouse extreme RIGHT I also get a hard stop. North and South too!! And both diagonal vectors. Mind you I CAN'T do a "Z" axis ( that's a joke!)

Grazie

Ah,
now that I've got a system running and looked at both apps I see what you are talking about. Those windows that open up when you click those icons probably are unique to the apps.

Something to try, if you reduce the width of the DVDA window does the problem go away, try say 1.5 screens as a starting point.

Probably worth reporting although it could be difficult to repo.

Bob.