This is something that I have been working on on and off since about FM2006, these are simple mods that change the layout of the Split View, I have currently made three custom views; an enlarged left side panel mod, an enlarged right side panel mod and a mod that makes the split view mode show three panels. I'll post the code up later this week so people can further customize the screens if they want.
For best results a screen resolution with a width of 1500 pixels or greater is recommended, on smaller screens you may see things being cut off.
Please note that you can only use one of these files at a time.
They should also work with all skins, including the Steam skin, though if the skin has it's own screens/match.xml file you'll need to install the file into that skins folder.
Installation Instructions:
Extract the relevant zip file and copy the screens folder and it's contents to:
Apply to all skins: \My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2010\
For a certain skin: \My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2010\<SKIN_NAME>\
or Your User Data folder if you have moved it. If you get a warning about wanting to overwrite an existing file you should back that file up first.
Then load the game go into the Preferences -> Display & Sound menu and turn off the skin cache and tick always reload skin or switch to the skin you want to use.
NOTE: If the skin you want it to display in has it's own match.xml file in its screens folder you'll need to copy the file to that skins folder otherwise it won't work.
Enlarged Left Side Split View Mod
This version of the mod extends the left panel in the split view so it takes up two thirds of the screen leaving one third for the right panel, in addition the contents of the left panel have been changed so they use the normal fullsized content rather than the small panels content.
DOWNLOAD ENLARGED LEFT SIDE MOD
Enlarged Right Side Split View Mod
This version of the mod extends the right panel in the split view so it takes up two thirds of the screen leaving one third for the left panel, in addition the contents of the right panel have been changed so they use the normal fullsized content rather than the small panels content.
DOWNLOAD ENLARGED RIGHT SIDE MOD
Triple Split View Mod
This version of the mod adds a third panel so you now have three panels each taking up a third of the screen instead of two taking up half, each panel still displays the small panel content, however I've had to remove some screens from the middle panel - pitch view and ass. manager feedback as they don't work correctly, in addition the panel headers for the middle panel lose the team names but all the actual stats display fine.
DOWNLOAD TRIPLE SPLIT VIEW MODE
Creating Your Own Split Views
I've now posted up the coding needed to create custom split views yourself that is here: Split View Mod Coding if you have any questions then ask in the [Mod] Custom Split Views Mod for FM2010 thread in the Skinning Hideout on the Sports Interactive Forums.