Feature req: Autohide delay
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Pistol
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12-16-2002, 05:47 PM -
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Is there a way to have autohide delay ? I'm using TLB docked on the top of the screen and set to autohide, but almost every time I'm reaching for the window control buttons (minimize, maximize, close), TLB appears under a cursor. If I could set it to appear after, let's say 3 sec, that would be very useful.

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Yuri Kobets
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12-16-2002, 06:07 PM -
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Unfortunately I cannot control this time Sad This is Windows feature. But maybe I'll try to do something Wink
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Pistol
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12-17-2002, 08:57 PM -
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Umm.. just a suggestion.

There'z a program called Y'z dock. They have this feature. Maybe you could get it from them. I think they have a source code to download for free too...
shapeshifter
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12-18-2002, 08:49 AM -
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Unfortunately the difference is that Yz Dock (like most of the other OSX style docks I've seen) isn't a toolbar. It's a stand-alone application that docks to the side of the screen. Toolbar behavior is controlled by the Windows shell. This make it very difficult to alter the toolbar's behavior while still retaining all other standard Windows functionality (resizing, positioning, appearance, etc). For instance, you can't position Yz Dock by dragging it to different edges of the screen, or even different positions on the same edge like you can with a standard Windows toolbar. It's possible that Yuri could make a stand-alone version of TLB, but doing so would probably take rewriting the code almost completely.
I've seen applications that add a delay to showing the taskbar (meaning the toolbar used to switch between applications), but none of them apply to any other toolbars if they aren't part of the taskbar. This leads me to believe that it would be possible to add this ability to any TLB toolbar, but I don't have a clue how it would be done, and I can't find any SDKs to help Mr. Kobets out.
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12-18-2002, 09:06 AM -
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I did find one application that might be useful for you. It appears to apply to all toolbars, not just the taskbar. However, there doesn't seem to be a way to NOT apply it to the taskbar when it's running, meaning it hides your taskbar until you move the mouse to the bottom of your screen (by default) regardless of your taskbar autohide settings. It's called Taskbar Activate, and is available here.


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