RainMeterAutoLayout

A rainmeter skin that will automatically switch to a specific layout on resolution changes. I often need to connect / disconnect multiple monitors, and Rainmeter seems doesn't provide a way to auto switch the layout when that happens, I will need to manually switch layout everytime that happens, which is annoying.

So far I only found a tool named RainRez that offers similar functionality, but it only checks the default monitor's resolution, and requires running a separate .exe file, therefore I decided to make my own...

Demo

As shown, the skin will automatically switch to 3 different layouts based on the connected display resolutions.

RainMeterAutoLayout_Demo.mp4

Installation

1. Download the .rmskin file from the Releases section.
2. Double click the .rmskin file to install the skin.

Usage

1. To utilize AutoLayout, you must first load the AutoLayout/Main.ini for each layout you want to switch to, and then save the layout.
2. Find the configuration file Variables.inc located at ~YourRainMeterSkinFolder\AutoLayout\@Resources\ (In Rainmeter, right-click on the folder, then select Open folder)
3. Edit the file using any text editor, specifically the LayoutMap variable. Refer to section LayoutMap for detail.
4. Refresh the layout, it will now monitor any resolution changes, and auto switch to the associated layout in LayoutMap if provided.

Configs

Variables	Description	Default
EnableMonitoring	Determines whether resolution monitoring is enabled (0 to disable, 1 to enable).	1
EnableDebugString	Determines whether the debug string meter is displayed at the center of the screen (0 to disable, 1 to enable).	0
OnLoadDelayTime	Delay time (in seconds) after the skin is loaded before starting the resolution monitoring.	5
EnableDefaultLayout	Determines whether to fallback to the DefaultLayout if no resolution layout is found after a resolution change (0 to disable, 1 to enable).	0
DefaultLayout	Specifies the default layout name to fallback to. This is only used if EnableDefaultLayout is set to 1.
LayoutMap	Associates resolutions with layouts. Format: {virtual screen width}x{virtual screen height}={layout name}, separated by LayoutMapDelimiter.
LayoutMapDelimiter	The delimiter used in LayoutMap.	"|"

LayoutMap

• The term "virtual screen" refers to the screen that encompasses all display monitors. For example, if two horizontally aligned monitors with resolutions of 2560x1440 and 1920x1080, the virtual screen size would be 4480x1440. Refer to Rainmeter documentation for info.
• In the LayoutMap variable, if for example value "4480x1440=Layout 1|2560x1440=Layout 2|1920x1080=Layout 3" is provided:
  • Both the 1440p and 1080p monitors are connected → switch to Layout 1
  • Only the 1440p monitor is connected → switch to Layout 2
  • Only the 1080p monitor is connected → switch to Layout 3

Note

• The skin will check resolution changes every second, modify the skin's update rate if needed.
• Check Rainmeter's log for log messages from the skin.