Steam screen multiple screens

[High_Tower81]

Hello, I have 3 x monitors but when I open a game on Steam I am unable to click on the other monitors as the mouse stays on that game screen.
Is there a way to change the settings when I am playing a game to be able to still move the mouse on the other screens?

Alt-tab from the game, even ESC works.

[Washell]

Put the games in (borderless) windowed mode. Check settings and/or google for each game if it's possible and how to do that.

[High_Tower81]

Originally posted by Nick:

Alt-tab from the game, even ESC works.

I already tried those but they dont allow me to go to the other screen, Only way I can do it is to open task manager by CTRL - ALT - DEL. But I didnt want to do that as it is annoying.

[High_Tower81]

Originally posted by Washell:

Put the games in (borderless) windowed mode. Check settings and/or google for each game if it's possible and how to do that.

Is that a setting in Steam?

[Washell]

Originally posted by High_Tower:

Is that a setting in Steam?

No it's not. It's a setting in some games. It's a command line option in others. It's an INI file tweak in yet another set, and so on. That's why I said you had to google for each game you want the mouse to be free.

Originally posted by High_Tower:

Originally posted by Nick:

Alt-tab from the game, even ESC works.

I already tried those but they dont allow me to go to the other screen, Only way I can do it is to open task manager by CTRL - ALT - DEL. But I didnt want to do that as it is annoying.

Always make sure that it's in Windowed Borderless, but some games also like to take priority, and not let go.

[High_Tower81]

I found I can click the windows key and it now allows me to move the mouse out of the game. Just in case anyone else needed that..

[Cheezus Crisp]

Originally posted by High_Tower:

I found I can click the windows key and it now allows me to move the mouse out of the game. Just in case anyone else needed that..

Shift+tab to open Steam overlay lets you click elsewhere. Same with Discord overlay but that's more buggy

[rbcjbc]

I know this is an old thread but I just learned that with a multiple display setup that the game will play on the screen that is set as the main screen.