Dexpot, Rainmeter and DesktopWorkArea

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Dexpot, Rainmeter and DesktopWorkArea

Postby Dapper » 04.05.2012 07:56:26

Hi.

I posted the following over at the Rainmeter forums and it was suggested this would be a Dexpot feature, hence I should ask here. I hope I'm in the right place...

I wonder if anyone can help. I've just started using Dexpot with Rainmeter and the two are working as I would like, with one exception, I can't get the DesktopWorkArea to function correctly, when both are being used with the appropriate plugins.

As of now, I have the VDMConfig.ini and VDM.ini files configured and working and Raindexer is registered. I also have:

DesktopWorkAreaType=1
DesktopWorkArea=

In my Rainmeter.ini. The DesktopWorkAreaType settings work fine when not used in conjunction with Dexpot. I've tried adding:

DesktopWorkArea@=

but that also didn't help.

I'm using:

Rainmeter - 2.3.0 beta r1349 64-bit (Apr 29 2012)
Dexpot - 1.5.99 build 1928

Thanks.

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Re: Dexpot, Rainmeter and DesktopWorkArea

Postby dragonmage » 09.05.2012 00:01:45

Patrick, is Dexpot capable of setting the DesktopWorkArea on a per desktop basis? If so would it be much trouble to have a setting for it in VDMConfig.ini?

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Re: Dexpot, Rainmeter and DesktopWorkArea

Postby Patrick » 09.05.2012 19:48:51

:dex:

No, Dexpot doesn't change the work area at all. Is this really the question though? Individual work areas per desktop?

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Re: Dexpot, Rainmeter and DesktopWorkArea

Postby Dapper » 10.05.2012 04:35:38

From my point of view, a single definable work area, across all desktops would do. However, I'm sure others might like to have to have the ability to customise each desktop independently.

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Re: Dexpot, Rainmeter and DesktopWorkArea

Postby dragonmage » 10.05.2012 21:04:50

:|
Patrick wrote::dex:

No, Dexpot doesn't change the work area at all. Is this really the question though? Individual work areas per desktop?


Does Dexpot cause a System Refresh at anytime? Just wondering because that would cause the loss of Rainmeter's DesktopWorkArea setting.

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Re: Dexpot, Rainmeter and DesktopWorkArea

Postby Patrick » 11.05.2012 20:09:03

It shouldn't. Unless the taskbar is hidden on one of the desktops or one has a different screen resolution. But isn't the Rainmeter feature kind of broken anyway, if it relies on Windows never refreshing the work area?

@Dapper: You could try DesktopCoral. Assign it to all desktops as mentioned here.

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Re: Dexpot, Rainmeter and DesktopWorkArea

Postby dragonmage » 12.05.2012 04:09:38

Patrick wrote:It shouldn't. Unless the taskbar is hidden on one of the desktops or one has a different screen resolution. But isn't the Rainmeter feature kind of broken anyway, if it relies on Windows never refreshing the work area?

@Dapper: You could try DesktopCoral. Assign it to all desktops as mentioned here.


Yeah it's one of those "I hope we find a better way to do it." things, but I'm not a dev.

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Re: Dexpot, Rainmeter and DesktopWorkArea

Postby Dapper » 15.05.2012 04:27:44

Thanks for the help and suggestion. I've tried DesktopCoral in the past, but wasn't that keen, perhaps I'll take another look.

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Re: Dexpot, Rainmeter and DesktopWorkArea

Postby Patrick » 20.05.2012 13:10:48

There's also MaxMax, which limits the size of maximized windows without changing the work area.


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