[taffit]

Some more modern monitors can also be switched by software. I personally use a laptop with an external monitor that is also connected to my desktop. Whenever I need to switch from laptop to desktop (using Barrier or Mouse without Borders on Windows) I then invoke the magic of ControlMyMonitor by the wonderful NirSoft [1] using an Autohotkey-shortcut. This way I can share my monitor with the desktop and laptop. Sharing the keyboard and mouse works with Barrier. I provided some short instructions in an SO-answer [2].

[1] https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/control_my_monitor.html [2] https://superuser.com/a/1556618/299215

[mwexler]

Control my monitor is a great find. NirSoft is just full of treasures.