Same workspace, different resolution

• 03/08/2025 at 3:54 AM #244767
  withoutwings

  Occasionally I like to take a portable computer when I’m away from home and continue some work on my trading algorithms from it; however its display is a different shape and size to my PC monitor at home – so a lot of things appear off-screen when I try to use the original workspace.

  I’ve tried setting up two workspaces with modified window layouts and that “works”… except that I’ve noticed that everything I do to the charts (indicators/indicator settings, drawings, etc etc) are also saved in a workspace-specific way. So if I’ve made changes over time on the home PC to the charts in that workspace, when I go to load the portable device’s workspace it has none of the chart/indicator/drawing updates that I was actively using, meaning I’ve effectively lost some of my work if I continue with the other workspace. And similarly any new changes I make to that one do not propagate back to the main one either.

  Does anyone know if there is any way to have a workspace set-up which easily allows me to easily switch the floating window layout only for different monitor sizes, and keep everything else in my active development workspace common between the two computers?

  Thanks

  

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  03/09/2025 at 7:02 PM #244780
  druby

  I think the only, in built feature that relate to the displaying of windows in PRT are:

  Re-sizing; fit_windows_to_screen; tile_windows.

  Theoretically, if the desktop and laptop had the same size physical screens and same resolution, say 4k, then I would expect both to display the same.

  However, laptop screens are usually physically smaller, and even if they were, let’s say 4k, the position of windows, I expect would be ok, but the font size may need increasing due to the physical smaller size.

  Now if there’s a resolution difference, as you mention, then that’s a big pain.

  Not only would you have to cram your windows into a smaller space, but the font would be really big and need reducing, and the amount of information displayed in the windows would be smaller.

  Only a certain number of lines in a list etc, or a lot smaller sized candle’s for the same number displayed.

  If your running multiple desktop monitor, that’s makes the problem even worse.

  So I see it’s as a  case of stick with the hassle, or close the screen resolution gap, by settings, or by hardware, the latter I would think is the best, if  circumstance and wallet warrants it.

  My laptop is sub HD and desktop 4k, I would only last about 30 seconds before laptop would be flying out of window.

  I suppose at the end of the day,  it comes down to what your trying to do. and how much of it.

   

  From the workspace point of view,  , some changes cross the different workspaces, but most don’t.

  I think the chart drawing items get stored within the ‘Chart Study’ for Instrument and TimeFrame, and any additions will appear in another workspace if / CS/Inst/TF chosen.

  Most other stuff gets stored in the workspace itself, so changes in one don’t appear in other, so the different workspace idea doesn’t work for desktop_ to_laptop.

  Only other thing I can think of is, ‘ Try before you buy’.

  Maybe, someone else could verify same resolution desktop/laptop scenario!

  Regards

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