I have connected my laptop to the monitor and set that I can use both separately, but the touchpad does not automatically come over to the monitor and I wanted to ask whether settings are required for this or I have to operate the touchpad differently.
Did you also set the correct position of the monitor? Not that the laptop e.g. Thinks that the monitor is down and you then have to move the mouse over the lower edge of the screen.
This is what I mean:
Yes I have.
No, it works straight away. What the operating system can't know, however, is whether the second monitor is to the right or left of the other. It's easy to adjust. Which operating system are you using? On Windows: