LiteStep.net Forums

So I'm modifying the theme TPlus to my liking and I'm having some trouble with the compatibility of two modules. I am setting up a task switcher with xTaskbar 1.2.4 using only icons (mac style...no text) but I want to pass the title of the window that my mouse is hovering over to a text box, made with Label 1.99. the code is as follows. mainHoverTask (this taskbar is titled "main") is supposed to be a global variable as per the docs so I am trying to pass it on to the label (I titled it "lblmain") in the syntax that lets it update dynamically. The code I am using to pull the text off the label is :

lblmainText "[$mainHoverTask$]"

It works fine without the brackets but doesn't update dynamically. (whatever I say mainHoverTask equals upon creation will not change)... Any suggestions?

so I'm not asking anyone to debug my code, but if it helps, the entire code for the taskbar and the label is as follows:

; Task Switcher

*xTaskbar main

;size
mainX 450
mainY 1
mainWidth $resolutionx-mainx-100$
mainHeight 22

;display
mainHideIfEmpty false
mainAlwaysOnTop true
mainFlashInterval 800
;mainLoadInBox
;mainDisplay "active+minimized" ;probably dont uncomment
mainFocusOnEnter false
mainUseBigIcon true
mainShowIcon true
mainShowText false
mainShowTooltip true
mainShowHoverState true
;mainButtonXSpacing
mainLayout .horizontal
mainWrapCount $(resolutionx-mainx-100)/16$
mainSort .classname

;background settings
mainImage systray2.png
mainImageLeftEdge 14
mainImageRightEdge 14
mainImageTopEdge 1
mainImaeBottomEdge 1
mainTransparencyMode true

;options
mainOnLeftClickButton .select
mainOnRightClickButton .menu
mainOnMiddleClickButton .close

mainHoverTask "temp"

;*LsBoxCreate $ConfigDir$taskswitcher.box

;-------------------------------
;label for Task Switcher

Labels lblmain
lblmainText "$mainHoverTask$"
lblmainX 400
lblmainY 40
lblmainHeight 22
lblmainWidth 150

;display settings
lblmainAlwaysOnTop true
lblmainImage systray2.png
lblmainImageLeftEdge 14
lblmainImageRightEdge 14
lblmainImageTopEdge 1
lblmainImageBottonEdge 1
lblmainTrueTransparency true
lblmainTransparent true
lblmainFont Tahoma
lblmainFontHeight 12

Use xlabel and you can have dynamic evars ala: %#mainhovertask%#

from the docs:
"To use $evars$ in Bangs, which contain the "CURRENT" value, use the escape code %# and prefix the "!ParseEvars" Bang!
$xTaskbarcurrentwidth$ becomes %#xTaskbarcurrentwidth%# and so on ..."

So $mainHoverTask$ becomes %#mainHoverTask%# if you want it to be dynamic.

He doesn't want to use it in a bang. He wants to use it as an [exportedevar].

Example of LabelNameText:

"[if(notempty(exportedevar('xTaskbarHoverTask')))] [exportedevar('xTaskbarHoverTask')] [else]SomeOtherText[endif]"

reference

That will require xLabel, as you said, though.

Thanks a lot...worked great!

Np, glad to help.