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I have a dual-monitor setup, and currently I can run a full screen game (Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2 currently) and see still see anything I have open on my second monitor.

I can't move my mouse from one monitor to the other, which is a good thing. However, I would like to know if it's possible to press some key combination and "release" my mouse control from the full screen game to my second monitor without the game minimizing (which is what happens when I ALT-Tab).

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have you considered running the games in maximized windowed mode? – Xantec Mar 17 '11 at 21:46
The only issue I have with maximised windowed mode is that it usually stretches the image of the game rather than resizing the resolution of the viewport. This will often result in slightly distorted images. – Matthew Scharley Mar 17 '11 at 22:55
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Some games support a Fullscreen Windowed mode along side Fullscreen and Windowed. This is the only way to do this, any Fullscreen application will minimise when you alt-tab.

Some games I know support this mode:

  • World of Warcraft
  • Rift

Some games will let you simulate Fullscreen Windowed mode. There are also probably applications that help with this (EveMon will do this for EVE Online). All Fullscreen Windowed mode really is is the ability for the application to take a normal Windowed version of itself and position it such that it looks like it's running in Fullscreen mode; ie, the window chrome is placed offscreen.

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+1. Anything that's using true fullscreen will minimize when you go out - that's how fullscreen mode works. – Shinrai Mar 17 '11 at 22:49
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I do this all the time. SC2 at the very least supports full screen windowed mode which allows you to use other windows by alt-tabbing.

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