Usually, a single monitor is adequate for general PC usage. However, professionals and productivity users might require multiple display setup to maximize their workspace. Also, even a regular user might want dual displays set up if their system supports it, simply because it makes multitasking easier.
Once you’ve set up yourmultiple monitors, you will find your desktop spread across them all, and you will effectively have a larger screen. Although it might be a little disorienting to use at first to some people, worry not, for your method of handling the GUI won’t have changed.
you may still use your mouse cursor to navigate and interact with files, folders, and shortcuts. Only, you find you cannot drag the cursor across to the other screen! What gives??
We have some helpful suggestions in this article to assist you with your mouse movement across multiple screens. For the sake of simplicity, we’ll assume you have a dual monitor setup, but the suggestions should also work for other multi-display setups.
Why Is My Mouse Stuck in One Screen?
How Do I Fix My Mouse Stuck in One Screen?
Since display and cursor movement are not tied to each other, if they are working well independently, you may be assured that there is nothing fundamentally broken with your system. Thus, the fixes should be relatively easy.
There are some pretty straightforward solutions that you may check for and apply, that we have listed below.
Reconnect the Displays
The first thing you should check is theconnection of displays. If a connection is not made properly, it is possible that windows will show the display on the monitor, but it won’t actually be functioning.
Make Sure That the Displays Are Set to Extend
Windows lets you set up your displays to either extend or duplicate your displays. If you have your displays set up to duplicate, then you will have the exact same thing displayed on both screens, including the mouse cursor.
In this case, when the mouse cursor is at the edge of one screen, it is also at the edge of the other screen and you won’t see it move over from one screen to the other.
verify if this is the case, and if it is, then set the multiple display mode to extend instead.
Check Display Alignment
