Language Bar, Input language and moving Non-windows. - move to modules maybe - Thread last updated on 2004-07-07 13:33:12

Posted by member 124967 on 2004-07-07 05:05:35

Out of boredom I decided I would implement the language bar into my current theme (glaze). I wanted to put it either in the upper right corner (replace a bit of the taskbar) or in the lower middle and replace a bit of the field there. It's easy enough to make the fields smaller.
The next I wanted is to have the language moved to that free place once it gets opened. I looked around and downloaded WndMan. I did some testing with Notepad windows and seemed fine. When I tried to move the language bar around nothing happened. Not even the info option (!bang of the Wndman) which worked for all other things.
Then it struck me - the language bar is not a window! But how do I move things that aren't windows? Is there a module that does that? I also can't drag it over the border of the screen to the next desktop and I can't drag (unlike other windows) over the taskbar, systemtray and things like that. And I haven't a way to make that possible.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Posted by member 178951 on 2004-07-07 09:57:55 link

well, i've only had LS a few days now, so i'm sure someone can give a better answer than this, but in the theme.rc file, take a look at the other modules listed and look for the x and y coordinates for the module. that specifies where the module will be placed. try changing the x and y for this one and you'll see it move around the screen a bit.

Posted by member 124967 on 2004-07-07 10:53:38 link

Well, the language bar is not a litestep module. That is exactly the problem :) The language bar belongs to windows and its explorer. Normally it would be placed between the systray and the taskbar by the explorer. Dut to a trick (killing the ctfmon.exe and changing something in the registry) you can get it in litestep. It is freely floating around then. Occasionally it disappears, it crashes, freezes and more.
Maybe using the language bar is just not a good idea at all. :) I would use a similar litestep module if I could find one and I would be very happy about a name of such a module.

Well, more suggestions?

Posted by member 124967 on 2004-07-07 11:08:06 link

Is there actually a !bang to change the input language? That would solve all my problems at once. Then I'd just make a neat box, design a button, put it in the corner and be very happy. Dreams...
I've read around a bit more and the language bar module for litestep seems to be one of the most requested modules... Yet it seems that nobody ever finished one. It's a shame.

Posted by member 1 on 2004-07-07 11:58:33 link

There are probably 30 threads on this already. Search the modules forum for language bar and you should find at least one.

Posted by member 124967 on 2004-07-07 13:33:12 link

I have looked at quite a few of these. They are about slightly different things though. I haven't found any that talk about moving the language bar or better about why moving it doesn't work with the WndMan or if it works with another module which I don't know.