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Run & multi-display layouts

The Run feature is the payoff for setting up profiles — one click deploys every panel, fragment and template you care about to the exact monitors and pixel coordinates you saved. Perfect for home-cockpits and multi-monitor setups.

The workflow​

  1. Open the panels, fragments and templates you want.
  2. Arrange the viewer windows — drag them to the right monitors, resize them as you want.
  3. Save Layout in the profile editor → Layout tab (or directly from the Home tab).
  4. Next flight: pick the profile on the Home tab, hit Start, and every window reopens in place.

The Layout tab​

The Layout sub-tab in the profile editor shows:

  • A mini-map of all your monitors at their real relative positions, with every placement drawn as a small rectangle labelled with the source panel/fragment/template.
  • A list of all placements with their pixel coordinates and size.
  • Buttons: Save Layout, Open All, Close All, Remove (per placement).

Running from the Home tab​

Pick a profile from the dropdown on the Home tab. The dropdown only shows profiles that:

  • Have a saved layout (otherwise there's nothing to run), and
  • Have an aircraft regex that matches the current aircraft title.

Hit Start and GlassOut opens each placement as a borderless viewer window at its saved (x, y, width, height).

While running​

  • Close All — close every viewer at once without touching the profile.
  • Update Layout — re-save the placements after you drag windows around.

GlassOut watches your viewer windows in the background. If you close one, or drag it to a different monitor, an "Update Layout" hint appears so you can persist the new state with one click.

Screen mismatch​

GlassOut saves each display's identity (bounds) alongside the placements. If you later unplug or rearrange monitors, the saved coordinates might fall off-screen. When that happens:

  • A Screen Mismatch warning appears on the Home and Layout tabs.
  • You get two options:
    • Open on main screen — opens everything on the primary display so you can drag them back into place.
    • Save new layout — re-captures the current screen config with the existing placements.

Always on top​

In Settings, toggle Always on top for viewers if you want panel windows to stay visible even when MSFS is focused. Useful if you alt-tab a lot; otherwise you can leave it off and just click between windows normally.

Frameless viewer chrome​

Viewer windows have no OS chrome. A thin hover-to-reveal bar at the top shows:

  • The panel/fragment/template name.
  • A close button.
  • The drag area (click and drag to move the window).