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Taskbar Shortcut Thread last updated on 2003-06-04 17:49:22

Posted by member 38085 on 2003-06-02 21:54:05

Is there anyway to setup a shortcut that will minimize the taskbar in litestep? It intereferes with programs occasionaly and i'd like to be able to close it while in something that takes up the full screen. Any other solution would be nice because closing it before hand just doesn't work sometimes.

Posted by member 38085 on 2003-06-02 22:08:38 link

nm...think i found it. Sorry.

Posted by member 38085 on 2003-06-02 22:11:48 link

hrm...!TaskbarHide doesn't seem to be working...

Posted by member 2112 on 2003-06-02 22:59:05 link

ReallY? That's odd....

Perhaps you should provide us with more information if you are wanting help :) I can tell you now that !TaskbarHide does work so you must be using it incorrectly.

Posted by member 38085 on 2003-06-03 15:19:27 link

sorry...
I found out the theme i'm runing is using Tasks.dll and the cmd was !TaskToggle which does work, but only kills the icons of tasks running, rather than the entire bar going across the screen which is what i need. Here's the list of .dll's that are being used...i don't know what info you would need aside from that. I'm fairly new to the whole litestep thing...used it for a few months but haven't had a lot of experience editing it.

LoadModule $ModulesDir$ckVWM.dll
LoadModule $ModulesDir$jdesk.dll

LoadModule $ModulesDir$layercut.dll

LoadModule $ModulesDir$label.dll
LoadModule $ModulesDir$tasks091.dll
LoadModule $ModulesDir$grdTray3.dll

LoadModule $ModulesDir$jAMPtoo.dll
LoadModule $ModulesDir$Popup3.dll
LoadModule $ModulesDir$lsxcommand.dll
LoadModule $ModulesDir$razrez.dll
LoadModule $ModulesDir$textedit23.dll

LoadModule $ModulesDir$lsslider.dll

LoadModule $ModulesDir$mzscript08.dll
LoadModule $ModulesDir$geekamp.dll
LoadModule $LiteStepDir$Hotkey.dll

Not really sure what i need to do...

Posted by member 2112 on 2003-06-03 18:21:26 link

I've never used tasks.dll but I just had a read of it's docs. Tasks also has !TasksHide and !TasksShow which you could also try. Though I can't imagine why !TaskToggle doesn't work.

You say that only the icons disappear? What about the titles for the applications? Are you sure that the taskbar is not becoming hidden and that another part of your theme which is underneath the taskbar is remaining visiable?

Perhaps you can upload before and after screenshots of your theme into your profile so we can see exactly what effect !TaskToggle is having.

Posted by member 38085 on 2003-06-03 19:20:23 link

!TaskToggle is working...hiding the taskbar and the rest of the theme is showing, i'm thinking the clock and the VWM are the only parts showing now so i'm understanding the problem better. I just wish there was a standard command that could hide the entire theme...havin g the same effect as hitting the botton that is ussualy on the left of the bar, but i plan to look at the docs for the 2 parts that are still showing to see if those will work.

Posted by member 7 on 2003-06-04 01:53:14 link

There is a standard command to do that, but not yet in the build(s) that come with the LS Installer. Get the LS 0.24.7 beta 3 and bind hotkeys to !HideModules and !ShowModules. :p

Posted by member 2112 on 2003-06-04 17:49:22 link

It's not difficult to create your own !bang to hide your whole theme. I did this in my Glaze theme. Here's a simple tutorial that explains how to do it http://www.shell-shocked.org/article.php?id=143.