How to restrict mouse to current display?

Question

In multiple monitor setup mouse often unintentionally leaves the screen e.g. when trying to click close, trying to click the scroll bar.

Is there any way (on Windows OS) to snap the mouse to the edge of the screen like snapping windows so that it only leaves the current screen when really required to?

Answer 1

Here is my solution for my dual monitor set up - I Arranged the virtual monitors diagonally like this:

• When moving the mouse slowly the cursor will not leave the current screen.

• Moving the mouse fast through the gap works fine.

• This works in Windows 10, I don't know if older/newer versions of windows (will) have a restriction to this.

Answer 2

There is a program called Dual Monitor Tools that will allow you to do this. You can download the whole set of tools or just the DMT Cursor portion that will allow you to control cursor behavior.

This image shows the options you'll want to access to set whatever behavior you need. The sticky cursor option will help prevent accedental movement between screens.

Answer 3

You can try the utilities like Mouse Trapper to restrict free mouse movement between the multiple monitors/screens and trap the mouse inside one display. You can still move the cursor over onto other screens by pressing a pre-selected key. Cursor Lock is another similar type of program that confines the mouse cursor to a selected area on the screen.