Maximize to Start Menu, Not beyond it

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AnthonyM
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Maximize to Start Menu, Not beyond it

Post by AnthonyM »

We would like to have PWB as our desktop, but still have access to the start menu. To do this, I've made the following changes to the INI file:

StartMaximized=True
...
ShowMenuBar=False
ShowToolBar=False
ShowShellBar=False
ShowAddressBar=False
ShowAnimation=False
ShowStatusBar=False
ShowTitleBar=False
...
DisableMinimizeButton=True
DisableMaximizeButton=True
DisableCloseButton=True
DisableMoveWindow=True
DisableResizeWindow=True
DisableNewWindow=True
...
AlwaysOnBottom=True

Everything works great, but it maximizes to the bottom of the screen, not the top of the Start Menu, as most programs do. Also, when ShowTitleBar is set to False, PWB opens on top if the Start Menu, otherwise it opens behind it. We are using:
Windows XP SP2
PWB 2.08 R4

I understand most people who use PWB want the start menu hidden, so if this isn't possible, please let me know. If you need any more info, please let me know. Thank you.

Anthony

AnthonyM
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ShowTitleBar caused the problem

Post by AnthonyM »

For some reason, setting
...
ShowTitleBar=True
...

Fixed the maximization problem. I can live with the bar across the top, but we're kind of cruched for space. If you could let me know if there is another setting I could try to leave the top completely open, I'd appreciate it. Thanks again, and its a wonderful product by the way.

Anthony

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Post by Scott »

This is a quirk of Windows. When an application does not have a titlebar that contains the system menu, the windows opens and covers the taskbar because the window will be missing the ability to minimize to the taskbar.

--Scott

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