bar always showing.... Thread last updated on 2005-07-11 23:12:40

Posted by member 222022 on 2005-07-11 02:02:49

the title of the thread isnt an accurate description of what im trying to do.

when ever i maximize a window it covers up the bar i have on the bottom that has all of my buttons, lxcommanc, etc etc. how would i go about finding out how to make it so that when i maximize a window it won't cover up my bar.

Posted by member 249372 on 2005-07-11 03:40:57 link

[nameofbar]AlwaysOnTop true

Posted by member 1 on 2005-07-11 03:41:58 link

Instead of setting every single module as OnTop what you want to do is adjust your Desktop Area to not include your bar area. Read the desktop module's docs for info on this.

Posted by member 249372 on 2005-07-11 03:46:46 link

oh yeah, like explorer does, when you don't autohide the taskbar... see, that's why i love you people (and by 'you people' i mean devilboi)

Posted by member 222022 on 2005-07-11 14:29:23 link

im sorta confused, im using the xhenit theme and i want to always see the bottom bar, even when windows are maximized. i went to my litestep folder and dont know where to make the changes. do i make them in the theme.rc, or do i go to my personal folder and edit them in my personal.rc??

i want this to be a theme dependant change.

Posted by member 1 on 2005-07-11 21:28:54 link

It should be in the theme.rc that you make the change.

Posted by member 249266 on 2005-07-11 21:33:45 link

then what would the personal.rc file be for?? i tried to search but the damn lemmings dont have it fixed yet.

Posted by member 222022 on 2005-07-11 22:23:04 link

ive tried a few thigns. in theme.rc its loading desktop2-2.0
the packaged readme directs me to a webpage that tells me to do somethign similar to this

SetDesktopArea
SDALeft 10
SDARight 0
SDATop 10
SDABottom -10

i deleted SDALeft, right, top and changed bottom to -30. saved and recycled and nothign happened. any advice? it says the new readme for desktop2-2.0 is being written.

Posted by member 1 on 2005-07-11 22:36:41 link

the personal.rc is used for settings you want to apply to all themes. For example I have an icondesk config that I use on all themes.

Even if you don't want SDALeft, Right and Top you need to define them as 0. Also make sure that the SDA's aren't defined anywhere else. Rule of thumb...if its defined twice the one you don't want will be the one it uses.

Posted by member 222022 on 2005-07-11 23:12:40 link

ahh defining all the others worked well, i just assumed that they all defaulted at zero, guess i was wrong