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#60 Change adjusts size instead of location

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2002-12-02
2002-12-02
Richard Tallent
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When the user changes display resolution, adds or
removes a tray icon, or changes the tray clock visibility,
the DQSD bar adjusts its size to retain its Left position.

This behavior makes the user's life more difficult by
requiring them to constantly adjust the toolbar to restore
the width they prefer.

A better behavior would be for the toolbar to preserve its
width (instead of its Left position) when the toolbar size
or tray icon count change, retaining, for example, the
date/time format and menu button visibility as the user
has set them.

Discussion

  • Glenn Carr

    Glenn Carr - 2002-12-02

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    I agree with the inconvenience (it would be really nice to force
    it to maintain a minimum width, especially when changing
    resolutions), but unfortunately, thus is the life of a toolbar in
    the Windows taskbar. AFAIK, there's no way to
    programatically change the width of a taskbar toolbar or even
    keep it a const width without some serious hijinks.

    But, we're already performing some stunts with the keyboard
    bindings, so maybe it's a possibility... Will?

     

  • Glenn Carr

    Glenn Carr - 2002-12-02
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  • Richard Tallent

    Richard Tallent - 2002-12-03

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    I know next to nothing about Desk Bands--perhaps just
    setting the ptActual's x member would work, but I guess it
    might require something to detect and undo OnSize events
    that don't result from user sizing and prevent reentry (does
    OnSize by user imply that the control has focus? If so, that
    may be a goiod indicator of the user being the sizer).

    I would have marked this as a Feature Request but there
    doesn't seem to be an obvious way to do so.

     

  • Glenn Carr

    Glenn Carr - 2002-12-03

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    I deal with this when I have to change to a lower resolution by
    simply double clicking on the gripper or 'shoe' of the bar. This
    maximizes the bar while I use it. Then I double-click it again
    to minimize it. Not a great solution, but I'm happy enough
    with it not to have dug into the mods necessary to force to a
    fixed width. I'd encourage someone else to dig in if they have
    time.

    [I changed the 'Data Type' of this item from 'Bugs' to 'Feature
    Requests']

     

  • Shawn K. Hall

    Shawn K. Hall - 2005-01-25

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    Not a perfect solution for everyone, but it will help some of
    you.

    If you use DQSD more frequently than the start menu anyway
    (I do), then place the DQSD bar beside the start button on
    the left side of your taskbar and it will not resize - only the
    right-most toolbars are subject to resizing.

     

  • eng3

    eng3 - 2005-01-25

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    I tried the "Google Deskbar"
    http://toolbar.google.com/deskbar/index.html once before and
    I seem to remember that it has some sort of auto-resize
    feature. so I would think that it must be possible.