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I.R. Brainiac
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Vertical taskbar Start button

July 13, 2009 4:21:35 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

On Vista my Start button moves around,centering horizontally on the taskbar...really looks screwed up.

How do I make it stay left aligned like in XP?

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I.R. Brainiac
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Reply #1 July 13, 2009 4:24:46 AM
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also...dragging the taskbar from horizontal to vertical or vice versa causes the quicklaunch buttons to display the wrong set...at least til you re-apply the skin.

That would be confusing to a user who didnt know this...XP applies the correct set.(Vista does not)

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Reply #2 July 13, 2009 1:01:40 PM
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Sounds like Veeesta is at it again!

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Reply #3 July 13, 2009 4:51:34 PM
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This was a case where I though:

 

Ha...gonna figure it out before The Brain!

 

 

I'll have admitt defeat..........Sorry

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Reply #4 July 13, 2009 4:57:30 PM
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U have the 'center the start button' setting turned on in WB config perhaps? Not sure what u mean by.. moves around ?

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Reply #5 July 13, 2009 5:03:03 PM
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I think he means the the startbutton stays centered when resizing the vertical taskbar instead of staying left justified as he wants it.

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Reply #6 July 13, 2009 5:04:19 PM
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of course, screenys would help.........

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Reply #7 July 13, 2009 5:07:20 PM
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yes,I want it to stay left...and no,I dont have center turned on in WB config or the skin...thats for centering vertically on horizontal taskbars as far as I can tell.

 

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Reply #8 July 14, 2009 9:10:02 AM
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I believe it has to do with the position of the start button on its image strip. Since Vista's start button is not left-justified like XP's, then a skinned Vista start button will not quite behave like a skinned XP button. I have run into this as well.

The only solution I can think of is to include a separate substyle for vertical taskbars with a modified start button which is positioned in its image strip further to the left.

I don't know for a fact that this is the right answer, but this is my take on it.

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Reply #9 July 14, 2009 8:07:34 PM
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left-justified like XP's

 

That gives me an idea...time to try some hand coding. 

 

substyles are one way to go but...I already have 16 XP styles...more is not appealing.

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Reply #10 July 14, 2009 11:14:53 PM
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Adding 'TextHorzAlignNormal=1' had no effect.

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Reply #11 July 15, 2009 12:35:45 AM
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Adding 'TextHorzAlignNormal=1' had no effect.

I hate it when I try to hand code something and it does absolutely nothing.

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Reply #12 July 17, 2009 6:46:10 AM
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Reply #13 July 17, 2009 8:26:04 PM
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This may be improved in the next WB7 beta.

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Reply #14 July 17, 2009 8:55:09 PM
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great to hear...thanks Neil.

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