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How to set screen padding and gaps for one display

Published by BetterStage · Instructions for our macOS app; detailed feature reference is linked below.

Steps

  1. 1

    Open Settings → Window Modes → Appearance and find Per-display spacing under Layout Style.

  2. 2

    Click Identify Displays to label every connected screen.

  3. 3

    Give the display you want its own screen padding and gap between panes. Other displays keep the shared values.

More detail: /docs/monitor-management

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