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nudone:
Launchbar Commander does have better/proper autohiding - the kind you'd expect any autohide app to have.

I would be very keen to see Launchbar Commander do something similar to what I'd been trying to do. If it was possible to display a list of folder contents in small icon or "details" layout would be very good. And if the list could be sorted by specifying by type or by name (or by date), then that is what I'd need - to make it easy to find files quickly.

I'll have another look at directory opus and maybe even just Windows Explorer, perhaps there's a workaround before modifying Launchbar Commander.

As for RainMeter, I've just had another quick go with it and it doesn't appear to do what I need (it's nice but it's not the right tool).

Essentially, I just want a standard Windows Explorer folder window to autohide at the edge of my screen...

...there must be a tool (or script) out there that does that already.

wraith808:
I used OD2 Plus for a while, but a better one IMO if you're willing to pay is WinStep.  It includes 3 different ways of setting up your apps.

1. NextStart - It can either be a bar to replace the start menu and task bar, or a right click menu (or both)
http://www.winstep.net/images/screenshot_thumb_nextstart.jpg
2. Workshelf - This is a dock that has shelves (which are the folders that you ask for)
http://www.winstep.net/images/screenshot_thumb_workshelf.jpg
3. Nexus - A separate dock that's more like the NeXT type of dock that can have fly out folders.
http://www.winstep.net/images/screenshot_thumb_nextstart.jpg

All of them allow you to display either the content of folders, manually generated content, or even special folders.

I'd say give it a look.  It's not cheap ($29.95), but it does everything that you asked for, and I like it.  I'll post a screenshot of my desktop when I get home.

superboyac:
re: the icon thing
If mouser decides to implement it for LBC, I would hope it would also be compatible to add to CHS, as I mentioned in this thread:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23426.0

superboyac:
I used OD2 Plus for a while, but a better one IMO if you're willing to pay is WinStep.  It includes 3 different ways of setting up your apps.

1. NextStart - It can either be a bar to replace the start menu and task bar, or a right click menu (or both)
http://www.winstep.net/images/screenshot_thumb_nextstart.jpg
2. Workshelf - This is a dock that has shelves (which are the folders that you ask for)
http://www.winstep.net/images/screenshot_thumb_workshelf.jpg
3. Nexus - A separate dock that's more like the NeXT type of dock that can have fly out folders.
http://www.winstep.net/images/screenshot_thumb_nextstart.jpg

All of them allow you to display either the content of folders, manually generated content, or even special folders.

I'd say give it a look.  It's not cheap ($29.95), but it does everything that you asked for, and I like it.  I'll post a screenshot of my desktop when I get home.
-wraith808 (February 17, 2011, 12:06 PM)
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That is one nifty program.  Nice suggestion.  It has a Start Menu Organizer!

I have NEVER found a good start menu organizer.  A few years ago, mouser was considering it when he mentioned merging FARR and LBC.

nudone:
(Downloading Winstep Nexus now.)

I think I'm just going to use Directory Opus. I've already got buttons set up inside it for quickly filtering files types. It won't be a pop-out taskbar "panel" but it does everything else I need so I'll just stop being so demanding and live with it.

Or maybe Winstep will be the answer.

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