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got great idea, need help implementing :D Thread last updated on 2003-07-18 22:54:09

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 01:29:41

hi i got a great idea, but i need help implementing it into a theme...i'll explain in great detail what i want done...

on the right side of the screen i want to have a taskbar that you can only see a icon 10x10 of any application open, then when i move my mouse close to it, i want it to make a rolling out animation and then display the text of the tasks that are there to click on :D. this will be a cool mod/replacement of taskbar3 that i'm currently using

thanks to whoever can help me figure this out...

Posted by member 1783 on 2003-07-17 03:27:50 link

i don't think that's possible... at least with animation.
of course you could make a module that does such things ;)

it's a nice idea tho...

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 03:28:57 link

of course its possible, i just need to know how to set lsbox to hook taskbar3

Posted by member 1783 on 2003-07-17 03:32:40 link

oh.. right :) that's simple!
put this in your *.box file:
*ModuleHook !TaskbarBoxHook

and don't forget to load taskbar3 before loading the box ;)

then you could use !LsBoxResize with a loop in mzscript :)

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 03:36:59 link

i'll test it out

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 03:39:22 link

well i think it hooked it, but now the box doesn't show up at all

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 03:40:30 link

i was just playing around with the box, got it to come in and out, but i can't get it do desplay taskbar3 correctly now when i try to hook it...the entire box doesn't appear when i try to create it

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 03:41:51 link

also, do i keep the taskbar settings in the step? or move it to the .box?

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 03:53:27 link

never mind fixed it, loaded it wrong :D thanks for ur help

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 04:40:31 link

it works grrreat...w00t

Posted by member 1783 on 2003-07-17 06:01:47 link

maybe a screenshot.. or a theme?

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 11:53:00 link

i still have a problem where the taskbar text goes on top of the icons on taskbar3 on long titles

Posted by member 1783 on 2003-07-17 12:39:46 link

use TaskbarButtonFontBorder ;)

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 12:52:43 link

yeah, that didn't help, it moved the text down and not to the right like i wanted it to...i don't think taskbar3 likes it when its made to scroll vertically and not horizontally :D

Posted by member 1783 on 2003-07-17 13:36:41 link

don't understand very well...
please upload a screenshot ;)

Posted by member 1316 on 2003-07-17 15:28:21 link

I agree with egonz, it would be easier to troubleshoot if could actually see what's happening.

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 15:30:23 link

how/where do i upload it to?

Posted by member 1316 on 2003-07-17 17:34:34 link

your profile. just add a screenshot.

Posted by member 6801 on 2003-07-17 17:40:08 link

in http://www.lsthemes.com you can upload your theme to try it :)

Posted by member 1316 on 2003-07-17 18:06:47 link

angel, the themes not ready yet. he's trying to work out a problem he's having with his taskbar.

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-17 19:38:49 link

well i haven't quite worked it out and i don't really plan on releasing the theme because it is just a modification of NanoStep, another theme.

Posted by member 1783 on 2003-07-18 04:59:12 link

well the syntax is:
TaskbarButtonFontBorder 'int' 'int' 'int' 'int'
but i don't know which int goes for which side, so you have to experiment.

Posted by member 1316 on 2003-07-18 12:11:04 link

or, if you want the same border size on all sides, you can just put: TaskbarButtonFontBorder ##

Posted by member 32550 on 2003-07-18 13:03:10 link

TaskbarButtonFontBorder 'left' 'right' 'top' 'bottom'

;)

Posted by member 42057 on 2003-07-18 22:54:09 link

heh, i was using an earlier version when that wasn't implemented