How to start three different pages on three different screens?

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How to start three different pages on three different screens?

ivan prince 20

for example,

I have 3 different monitors , in each monitor there must be a full-screen page ("kiosk mode edge")

solution 1:

use windows 10 kiosk mode - how can i start n pages in n displays?

solution 2:

use the app folder at startup to start 3 different pages , but i need the flags that are used with the msedge.exe binary

example of use:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --kiosk learn.microsoft.com/en-it/deployedge/microsoft-edge-configure-kiosk-mode --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen

operating systems where it will be used

windows 10/11 professional edition
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ivan prince 20 Reputation points

2023-10-03T14:55:15.2666667+00:00

Now everything works , I can load the three pages in the different monitors , I only have one thing left to do:

each page has to have a different zoom:

example:

page 1 - monitor 1 (70% zoom)

page 2 - monitor 2 (50% zoom)

page 3 - monitor 3 (40% zoom)

what flag can I use to make it work?

I tried the flag "--force-device-scale-factor=0.70" but it moves my pages to different monitors

afterwards I will add to the comment the entire command complete with flags

thank you so much For your valuable help

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ivan prince 20 Reputation points

2023-10-03T14:55:15.2666667+00:00

Now everything works , I can load the three pages in the different monitors , I only have one thing left to do:

each page has to have a different zoom:

example:

page 1 - monitor 1 (70% zoom)

page 2 - monitor 2 (50% zoom)

page 3 - monitor 3 (40% zoom)

what flag can I use to make it work?

I tried the flag "--force-device-scale-factor=0.70" but it moves my pages to different monitors

afterwards I will add to the comment the entire command complete with flags

thank you so much For your valuable help

Answer 1

Raina Zhao - MSFT 2,875 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @ivan prince ,

Thanks for posting in Microsoft Q&A.

For solution 1: use windows 10 kiosk mode

Based on my research, the use of multiple monitors isn't supported for multi-app kiosk mode in Windows 10.

A kiosk device typically runs a single app, and users are prevented from accessing any features or functions on the device outside of the kiosk app. Please refer to Set up a multi-app kiosk on Windows 10 devices for more details.

For solution 2:

If you want to open three different pages in edge kiosk fullscreen mode, you could try to use the following command one by one:

start msedge --kiosk www.URL-1.com --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen --window-position=X1,Y1 --user-data-dir=C:\monitor1

start msedge --kiosk www.URL-2.com --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen --window-position=X2,Y2 --user-data-dir=C:\monitor2

start msedge --kiosk www.URL-3.com --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen --window-position=X3,Y3 --user-data-dir=C:\monitor3

--window-position sets the offset in pixels at which the window is created.

Hope it works.

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Raina Zhao

ivan prince 20 Reputation points

2023-09-19T23:42:03.5866667+00:00

thank you very much for your help now everything works perfectly

i just have a question about the flag --window-position=

where can I find the right numbers according to the resolution of the three displays

example:

first display = 1920x1080

second display = 4k

I found this site for documentation:

https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/

isn't there something for edge that is more in-depth?

thank you so much I wish you a good day :)
Raina Zhao - MSFT 2,875 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-09-22T06:26:17.9533333+00:00

Hi @ivan prince ,

Thanks for your reply.

Based on my search, --window-position sets the offset in pixels at which the window is created. X represents the offset horizontally, Y represents the offset vertically. Basically, X can be added or subtracted, and Y remains the same.

The pixel count index seems to start on the main monitor.
For example, there are two monitors, one is the main monitor (resolution is 1920x1080) and the other is on the right of the main monitor. So, the main monitor number is --window-position=0,0, and the right monitor is --window-position=1920,0. If the other monitor is on the left of the main monitor, it is --window-position=-1920,0.

The positive and negative values may need to be adjusted according to the actual situation as it may be the opposite of what I said.

You could just try it because I have not tested it on my side.
ivan prince 20 Reputation points

2023-10-03T14:57:55.59+00:00

Now everything works , I can load the three pages in the different monitors , I only have one thing left to do:

each page must have a different zoom:

example:

page 1 - monitor 1 (70% zoom)

page 2 - monitor 2 (50% zoom)

page 3 - monitor 3 (40% zoom)

what flag can I use to make it work?

I tried the flag "--force-device-scale-factor=0" but it moves my pages to different monitors

thank you very much for your valuable help 😊
Raina Zhao - MSFT 2,875 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-10-05T08:05:06.26+00:00

Hi @ivan prince ,

Will the webpage move to other monitors even though specifying the monitor “start msedge --kiosk www.page1.com --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen --window-position=X1,Y1 --user-data-dir=C:\monitor1”？

Based on my test, this flag "--force-device-scale-factor=0.8" works well in kiosk mode.

Please make sure close all edge processes and try it again.

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