Solved Is there currently any way to show the clock on all monitors?

BunnyJ · Oct 7, 2021

Nice.. been looking for something like that.

Ed Tittel · Oct 7, 2021

Helmut Buhler's 8GadgetPack works in 11 quite nicely. Has numerous clocks with lots of formats/layouts and seldom goes outside the range of 2-6% CPU. 8GadgetPack - Gadgets for Windows 11 / 10 / 8.1 / 7 Here are some example clocks just for illustration purposes:

HTH,
--Ed--

BunnyJ · Oct 7, 2021

The issue with that is it only shows up on one monitor and not two

Ed Tittel · Oct 7, 2021

I have a two monitor setup and I just dragged one of the clocks from M1 to M2 with no issue. If you open multiple clocks (or multiple instances of the same clock) you can put them wherever you like. Since Win10, Gagdgetpack lets gadgets be placed anywhere, not just in the sidebar (though that is the default, it can be overridden simply by dragging and dropping).
Again, HTH and best wishes,
--Ed--

BunnyJ · Oct 7, 2021

Ed Tittel said:
I have a two monitor setup and I just dragged one of the clocks from M1 to M2 with no issue. If you open multiple clocks (or multiple instances of the same clock) you can put them wherever you like. Since Win10, Gagdgetpack lets gadgets be placed anywhere, not just in the sidebar (though that is the default, it can be overridden simply by dragging and dropping).
Again, HTH and best wishes,
--Ed--

I didn't know that and thanks for the information.
Jeff

Ed Tittel · Oct 7, 2021

@BunnyJ: you are very welcome. We're all in this together, trying to figure out how to civilize, customize and properly equip Windows 11. Happy to shed light where I can, though I still have a LOT more questions than answers.
Cheers!
--Ed--

wpcoe · Oct 7, 2021

I just noticed (after three days...) that my secondary monitor doesn't have the clock on the task bar any more. Why on earth would they *remove* that feature? Very annoying when I have an app full-screen on my main monitor and not be able to glance at the second one to find out what time it is. I tend to resist using third-party solutions to re-add functionality MS removes, because after a while they can start conflicting with each other.

Windows. Should. Just. Have. The. Clock. On. All. Displays. If. The. User. Wants.

BunnyJ · Oct 8, 2021

wpcoe said:
I just noticed (after three days...) that my secondary monitor doesn't have the clock on the task bar any more. Why on earth would they *remove* that feature? Very annoying when I have an app full-screen on my main monitor and not be able to glance at the second one to find out what time it is. I tend to resist using third-party solutions to re-add functionality MS removes, because after a while they can start conflicting with each other.

Windows. Should. Just. Have. The. Clock. On. All. Displays. If. The. User. Wants.

Here you go.. I got this from Shawn I have it setup and it works just fine

Show Clock on All Taskbars on All Displays in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to use ElevenClock to show a clock on all taskbars on all displays in Windows 11. In Windows 11, the main taskbar is the taskbar with the clock and taskbar corner icons on it, and is on your main display. The taskbars that show on the other displays not set as...

www.elevenforum.com

wpcoe · Oct 11, 2021

BunnyJ said:
Here you go.. I got this from Shawn I have it setup and it works just fine

Show Clock on All Taskbars on All Displays in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to use ElevenClock to show a clock on all taskbars on all displays in Windows 11. In Windows 11, the main taskbar is the taskbar with the clock and taskbar corner icons on it, and is on your main display. The taskbars that show on the other displays not set as...

www.elevenforum.com

Thanks. I already installed that. I still maintain that Windows itself should retain such functionality. WTH did they remove it???

hdmi · Oct 12, 2021

BunnyJ said:
Here you go.. I got this from Shawn I have it setup and it works just fine

Show Clock on All Taskbars on All Displays in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to use ElevenClock to show a clock on all taskbars on all displays in Windows 11. In Windows 11, the main taskbar is the taskbar with the clock and taskbar corner icons on it, and is on your main display. The taskbars that show on the other displays not set as...

www.elevenforum.com

I had already tried that one, but with the registry tweak to make it show seconds it only shows seconds on the 2nd display device, and, the fact that it uses a proportional font instead of a monospaced one is annoying with the seconds because it's right-aligned. Although it's still also far from perfect, as it breaks a number of things and not all of the issues can be worked around easily with additional tweaks, the best solution I found so far was to just bring back the Taskbar of Windows 10. It seems to work stably with Open-Shell, which also lets me adjust the clock's font color. You'll lose the WinX menu, Clipboard History, and File Explorer's ability to Search, but IME the Taskbar of Windows 11 is too extremely crippled in comparison.

wpcoe · Oct 12, 2021

hdmi said:
I had already tried that one, but with the registry tweak to make it show seconds it only shows seconds on the 2nd display device, and, the fact that it uses a proportional font instead of a monospaced one is annoying with the seconds because it's right-aligned. Although it's still also far from perfect, as it breaks a number of things and not all of the issues can be worked around easily with additional tweaks, the best solution I found so far was to just bring back the Taskbar of Windows 10. It seems to work stably with Open-Shell, which also lets me adjust the clock's font color. You'll lose the WinX menu, Clipboard History, and File Explorer's ability to Search, but IME the Taskbar of Windows 11 is too extremely crippled in comparison.

Also, ElevenClock seems to need some tweaking to display Settings on a hi-res (4K) monitor:

PerpetualCycle · Oct 12, 2021

File a bug report with the author, he is pretty responsive.

wpcoe · Oct 12, 2021

geneo said:
File a bug report with the author, he is pretty responsive.

That was a curious experience. My first exposure to GitHub. I think my report was accepted, but can't be sure. It was like visiting an alien planet in there.

<edited to add:> Found my report! So it's in his capable hands now.

PerpetualCycle · Oct 12, 2021

wpcoe said:
That was a curious experience. My first exposure to GitHub. I think my report was accepted, but can't be sure. It was like visiting an alien planet in there.

<edited to add:> Found my report! So it's in his capable hands now.

LOL, yeah. We used it for our software where I used to work. I have an account there (not a contributor). I got emails back from the author, Marti.

Ptolomios · Oct 13, 2021

ElevenClock still has some weirdness with 4k displays with its settings menu but functions fine.
I want to buy that guy a beer

Edwin · Oct 13, 2021

Doesn't work as expected on multiple displays here...

ShamrockRig · Oct 13, 2021

Mine looks something like this, Seems good for me

hdmi · Oct 13, 2021

Devlin1888 said:
Mine looks something like this, Seems good for me
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Here's mine:

wpcoe · Oct 13, 2021

Got a message that the ElevenClock hi-res display issue is "Already fixed, will ship with 2.1."

<edited to add:> v.2.1 just installed, and it fixed the high-dpi display issue for Settings:

Gigglegasms · Nov 28, 2021

TairikuOkami said:
Any other app/software suggestion to display the time and day of the week in a nice GUI? I am currently using wallpaper engine, there are many options, but 10% CPU is a steep price to pay, even without audio visualization running.

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Have you tried rainmeter?