Auto hide taskbar? Thread last updated on 2003-03-04 09:47:08

Posted by member 11838 on 2003-03-03 06:59:32

Hello, yes im a noob. and yes ive read the documentation, but since im not a programmer or never have been i dont get how you get the taskbar to auto hide.. it says that you gotta put : AutoHideTaskbar true in the step.rc, but where? do i have to put something in front of it or specify that its the taskbar i want to auto hide? please help a n00b :)

Posted by member 1783 on 2003-03-03 07:21:40 link

no, it's just as simple as you've read :)
just write "AutoHideTaskbar true" into your step.rc (without the "").
i suggest you to keep one module's stuff separated from the others so it's simpler to find anything ;) but it doesn't actually matter.
anyway good luck with ls :) it's a great tool

Posted by member 1783 on 2003-03-03 07:24:12 link

btw, only thing you must do before that command is to load the module:
LoadModule $LiteStepDir$taskbar.dll
or sth like that, i dunno where your module is and which module ya use :P

Posted by member 11838 on 2003-03-03 07:35:20 link

Did that.. didnt work though.. im running the theme you get with the installer until ive learnt some about this :), but what you said was right did not work for me... thanks anyways :)

Posted by member 1783 on 2003-03-03 08:38:19 link

post the step.rc, maybe there's a bug somewhere. and check if the module is in the right place. btw what module you are using?

Posted by member 5406 on 2003-03-03 14:42:46 link

the theme that comes with the OTS installer (Simplicity) uses taksbar3.dll which does not support auto hiding of the taskbar

Posted by member 39 on 2003-03-03 20:34:54 link

as if that command was ever used *whistle* oh, you can also find some excellent hotspot modules *cough* sorry, it goes in the to-do list.

Posted by member 5406 on 2003-03-04 09:36:49 link

I must admit I used autohide a lot when I was using explorer but now I don't want to hide my modules, 'cause they're very useful

Posted by member 333 on 2003-03-04 09:47:08 link

If you want to hide the whole Simplicity-bar, you'll need a bit of skills. That is, if it isn't an option in the theme. You'll need to script it, which is probably a bit too hard if you're totally new to the whole LS/step.rc-thing. If you wanna try, then go see http://litestep.info for links to tutorials.