09-22-2012, 07:44 AM -
(Running TLB v6.1 on a freshly installed Windows 7 32-bit with allt the latest critical updates.)
For me the most valuable feature of TLB is the ability to pop up a menu at the location of the mouse pointer. To do this you need to check the "Tear Off Menu" and "Pop up at cursor" options. Then I assign a hotkey to open this menu, for example F17 (which is not physically available on the keyboard). Then I use AutoHotkey_L as follows
LButton & RButton::SendInput {F17}
which means that when I hold down the left mouse button and then click the right mouse button at the same time, F17 gets sent, which in turn pops up my tear-off menu. This gives me convenient access to my regularly used shortcuts anywhere on the screen, rather having to reach for a fixed menu. It is (or would be) even more useful on multiple monitor set-ups, but then there is a problem...
BUG 1: Two days ago I added a secondary monitor to my computer and found that tear-off menus don't work correctly in the secondary monitor, where sub-menus always open to the left even if the tear-off menu is not near the right-hand edge of the screen. Please see attached screenshots: "Correct.png" is what I get on the primary monitor, and "Wrong.png" is what I get on the secondary monitor.
As you can see, when on the secondary monitor submenus pile up on top of each other, while on the primary monitor the open always to the right until the screen edge is reached.
BUG 2: If the mouse pointer is on the secondary monitor, the tear-of menu pops up on the secondary monitor, as expected. If afterwards the mouse moves into the primary monitor, the next time the tear-off menu is opened it will still open in the secondary monitor instead of the primary monitor, which is in correct. If invoked a second time from the primary monitor, the second time it will pop up in the primary monitor, as expected.
Sorry if this is not very clear, English isn't my first language, lef me know if that's the case. I suggest you guys experiment with a dual-monitor set-up and the problems will become apparent very quickly.
If this is not a bug please would you kindly suggest a solution? Thanks for a great product!
For me the most valuable feature of TLB is the ability to pop up a menu at the location of the mouse pointer. To do this you need to check the "Tear Off Menu" and "Pop up at cursor" options. Then I assign a hotkey to open this menu, for example F17 (which is not physically available on the keyboard). Then I use AutoHotkey_L as follows
LButton & RButton::SendInput {F17}
which means that when I hold down the left mouse button and then click the right mouse button at the same time, F17 gets sent, which in turn pops up my tear-off menu. This gives me convenient access to my regularly used shortcuts anywhere on the screen, rather having to reach for a fixed menu. It is (or would be) even more useful on multiple monitor set-ups, but then there is a problem...
BUG 1: Two days ago I added a secondary monitor to my computer and found that tear-off menus don't work correctly in the secondary monitor, where sub-menus always open to the left even if the tear-off menu is not near the right-hand edge of the screen. Please see attached screenshots: "Correct.png" is what I get on the primary monitor, and "Wrong.png" is what I get on the secondary monitor.
As you can see, when on the secondary monitor submenus pile up on top of each other, while on the primary monitor the open always to the right until the screen edge is reached.
BUG 2: If the mouse pointer is on the secondary monitor, the tear-of menu pops up on the secondary monitor, as expected. If afterwards the mouse moves into the primary monitor, the next time the tear-off menu is opened it will still open in the secondary monitor instead of the primary monitor, which is in correct. If invoked a second time from the primary monitor, the second time it will pop up in the primary monitor, as expected.
Sorry if this is not very clear, English isn't my first language, lef me know if that's the case. I suggest you guys experiment with a dual-monitor set-up and the problems will become apparent very quickly.
If this is not a bug please would you kindly suggest a solution? Thanks for a great product!
This post was last modified: 11-04-2012, 01:49 AM by Scoox.