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philosopherdog:
I'm using xp and I never liked having a fixed toolbar, but when you set the toolbar to autohide it always pops up when you don't want it to. I hate that. There's no way to control the timing in XP natively. The other day I decided to see if I could solve the problem. I came across a little utility called Taskbar Activate http://home.nordnet.fr/~pmdevigne/TaskbarActivate.html#Historique . It works! It hasn't been updated since 99 though! I was wondering a couple of things: 1) is there anything else like this around? 2) is anyone interested in building on this amazing little program? For instance, I'd love to see a feature that shuts off the ability of a tray icon to cause the bar to come to the top. If you have an icon that's active the whole toolbar comes to the top. I have my toolbar wide on the left side using this program and it rocks.

tomos:
I like the sound of that..
wonder would it work on my second "taskbar" too - a Directory Opus one. Prob not..

jgpaiva:
Solution: HideTaskbar!

code inside
--- ---; Author: jgpaiva
;
; Script Function:
; mimmics windows taskbar autohide without the annoying popup on window
; flash
;

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
#persistent
#singleinstance,force

EdgeTime := 200
Edge = Bottom

inborder := false
WinHide,ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd

CoordMode,mouse,screen
Settimer,FollowMouse%Edge%,100
return

ShowTaskbar:
  if (!inborder)
    return

  WinHide,ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
  WinShow,ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
  settimer,FollowMouse%Edge%,off
  loop
  {
    sleep,100
    MouseGetPos,,,WindowId
    WinGetclass,TrayClass,ahk_id %WindowId%
    if (TrayClass <> "Shell_TrayWnd")
      break
  }
  settimer,FollowMouse%Edge%,on
  WinHide,ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
  return

FollowMouseLeft:
  MouseGetPos,MouseX,MouseY
  If(MouseX = 0 AND !inborder)
  {
    inborder := true
    settimer,ShowTaskbar,-%EdgeTime%
    return
  }
  If(MouseX <> 0 AND inborder)
  {
    inborder := false
    settimer,ShowTaskbar,off
    return
  }
  return

FollowMouseBottom:
  MouseGetPos,MouseX,MouseY
  If(MouseY = A_screenheight -1 AND !inborder)
  {
    inborder := true
    settimer,ShowTaskbar,-%EdgeTime%
    return
  }
  If(MouseY <> A_screenHeight -1 AND inborder)
  {
    inborder := false
    settimer,ShowTaskbar,off
    return
  }
  return

FollowMouseTop:
  MouseGetPos,MouseX,MouseY
  If(MouseY = 0 AND !inborder)
  {
    inborder := true
    settimer,ShowTaskbar,-%EdgeTime%
    return
  }
  If(MouseY <> 0 AND inborder)
  {
    inborder := false
    settimer,ShowTaskbar,off
    return
  }
  return

FollowMouseRight:
  MouseGetPos,MouseX,MouseY
  If(MouseX = A_screenWidth -1 AND !inborder)
  {
    inborder := true
    settimer,ShowTaskbar,-%EdgeTime%
    return
  }
  If(MouseX <> A_screenWidth -1 AND inborder)
  {
    inborder := false
    settimer,ShowTaskbar,off
    return
  }
  return


Just install autohotkey, copy the code and save it as "hidetaskbar.ahk" and then double-click it ;)

To change the time it takes the taskbar to popup, edit the script and change the "edgetime" parameter.

Notice that this only works for taskbars on the left of the screen!

PS: don't forget to disable windows taskbar auto-hide! Sorry, it's the other way around. Please enable windows taskbar auto-hide, it'll work better.

V 1.1 updated 14-02
added option to choose the edge where the taskbar is positioned. Just change to "edge = top", "edge = left", "edge = bottom" or "edge = left"!

PhilB66:
Have you tried TaskBar Hider utility yet?

tomos:
Notice that this only works for taskbars on the left of the screen!
-jgpaiva (February 13, 2008, 07:53 AM)
--- End quote ---

sounds great,
can that be modified as well?

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