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Hello Mouser.
I hope everything is going well for you.

As always, thank you for your great applications and especially for LBC. I really couldn't live without it. Every time I set up a computer I am absolutely lost until I install it.
Unfortunately I have had to do it several times lately, between some catastrophic errors or system upgrades.
All this has led me to consider a small suggestion for a future LBC upgrade.

I always use the same configuration, 3 bars (left, top and right) with all the software, directories and links I use. The icons are always in the same place, so this way I move the mouse to the same spot with almost no thinking.

The thing is that I don't install (or reinstall) everything at once. Normally I do the most necessary things first and the rest as I need them.
Sometimes I turn off, in the configuration, what I don't have installed, but that makes the rest of the icons in the bar move out of place.

So the idea is that it would be nice, apart from the current option (deactivated and hidden) other options to be able to deactivate a node but that it remains in place:
-deactivated and dimmed.
-deactivated and invisible.
This way it would not change the position of the rest of the icons.
Now you can achieve something similar using "Node Override" "Force: No icons" (Min. item Width/Height set to the icon size). It removes the icon completely and keeps the gap, but it is not a very practical way.
Maybe with a context menu with "disabled dimmed, disabled invisible" in the tree view.......

Anyway, thanks again and best regards.

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New version!!!!
After so many years, Naka has update CLCL.
http://www.nakka.com.../clcl/index_eng.html

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Feature request - docking Alignment
« on: August 05, 2015, 03:46 AM »
Hi.
You can accomplish both things right now.
Just place (and maintain) the cursor over the tool bar that you want to modify and use "Crtl+Cursor Keys" to adjust the position and "Shift+Cursor Keys" to adjust the size.

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Activation area
« on: April 05, 2015, 01:20 PM »
Thank you for taking it into consideration.

I´m sorry, it has taken so long for me to reply. Very very very very busy and some small health problems. All seems overcome now.

Here is one of my desktops (all are almost the same with different programs/link/folders.
The separations and empty spaces are the legacy from original Windows toolbars  :D.

On the left: Programs.
On the top: Project, net and links
On the right: Com and downloads

desktop.gif

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Activation area
« on: March 11, 2015, 08:04 PM »
Upssss....yes, you are right  :-[.
I use 3 docks and they are full lenght. I am very used to this configuration. I have been using native "desktop toolbars" since Windows 2000 until they were removed in Windows 7 (by the way....I've been using XP in two computers until just a month ago....perhaps I haven't found a good replacement until now).
With some "appear delay" they did not interfered with daily usage. The only difference was that the activation area was just one pixel. You had to touch the screen border to launch the toolbar.
If you could give it a try for an upcoming update.....
Thank you.

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LaunchBar Commander / Activation area
« on: March 10, 2015, 04:40 PM »
Sorry for revive this but I am using photoshop a lot lately and its very very annoying....  :wallbash:
Thanx.

"Could be possible to add an option to reduce (or specify...just one pixel) the width of the activation area?
Many programs, in full screen mode and without the title bar (for instance Firefox or Photoshop), have the menus so close to the edge of the screen that you end up activating LBC unintentionally even with some "appear delay". Also usually happens when trying to use scroll bars or buttons (minimize, maximize, close).
Now is 6 pixels wide....
Thank you."

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Didn't I used to be able to...
« on: February 22, 2015, 04:27 PM »
No problems here....
4 systems with Windows 7 (different versions) and LBC 1.144.02

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Could be possible to add an option to reduce (or specify...just one pixel) the width of the activation area?
Some programs, in full screen mode and without the title bar (for instance Firefox or Photoshop), have the menu so close to the edge of the screen that you end up activating LBC unintentionally even with some "appear delay". Also usually happens when trying to use scroll bars or buttons (minimize, maximize, close).
Now is 6 pixels wide....
Thank you.

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  • [Feature] Added toolbar button in tree configuration dialog to quickly rebuild toolbars and preview changes.
  • [MinorFeature] Menu item captions can now use environmental % vars.
Cool!!  :Thmbsup:
Thank you!!  :D

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Here is some info about how to propagate changes in variables (using WM_SETTINGCHANGE) or read values from the registry.

http://stackoverflow...le-for-path-variable
https://social.msdn....iable?forum=netfxbcl
http://smartypeeps.b...nment-variables.html
http://msdn.microsof...97%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Hope this help.

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Ok!! Thank you.

Yes, I know some of those things are not so small and not so easy.
The most important (again, at least for me) is the variables issue.
Right now, the only way to make LBC update environment variables is to close it and run it again. Also, I tried to automate that with an autohotkey script (set the variable, close LBC and run it ...[by the way LBC is very very very fast to startup :D]), but.....launching the script from within LBC itself it does not work. The variable is set correctly (I write it directly to the registry) but I think that is not passing through the process memory. With autohotkey you can read/write them directly from/to the registry, perhaps you could do it by accessing to the variables in the same way.
Again, thank you for work.

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LaunchBar Commander / %variables% and other small (or not so) things.
« on: November 28, 2014, 09:34 AM »
Hi Mouser!! (and LBC users!!)

First of all, thank you for your work and your dedication to BLC. It's an amazing application!!
As many XP/Vista users, I was really disappointed when the ability to create desktop toolbars on the edges of the desktop was removed on Windows 7. I tried many alternatives but all of them lack of one feature that I miss the most: Access to %enviroment_variables%.
I've been using Coolbarz for many years (although it lacked too). I've been in touch with the developer for some time, sharing suggestions and comments but it seems that the project is dead.....The web is empty and he does not reply anymore.
I started again looking for alternatives (with the ability to use environment variables) and ended up discovering LBC.

LBC it's fast (in operation and startup) and has a really low memory footprint.
I have some suggestions and comments about features and "user friendliness"

  • Environment variables. Actually they work with system variables (and user variables too). You can add a "Command node"  with variables in the "Command path" but.......they are not refreshed.

    I have this folder structure:
    C:\Users\voxel\Desktop\test\folder1
    C:\Users\voxel\Desktop\test\folder2
    And an user Environment variable %selection% set to:
    %selection% = folder1
    Then I add a "Command Node" with "Command path:  C:\Users\voxel\Desktop\test\%selection%"

    If I launch the node, the explorer opens "folder1" correctly.
    Then I change the Environment variable to a new value (using "System Properties | Advanced Options", a command prompt or with autohotkey....)
    %selection% = folder2
    If I launch the node again, the explorer opens "folder1" incorrectly.
    The only way to "refresh" is to close LBC and launch it again.
    Then if I launch the node, the explorer opens "folder2" correctly.

    So, I think that launching nodes using %variables% should refresh its values before process them.
    As an interesting use of this, It will be useful (at least for me ;D...) to be able to use variables in Captions. So you can have a Node that point to a certain folder using a %var% and the Caption of the node also reflects that name.

  • Drag & drop an item on an empty spot in a dock should add the item the right section/place. Now all items are added at the end of the dock.

  • Drag & drop a folder on a dock could have an option to create a node "command folder" instead of a node "folder". Maybe using a dialog (like when you drag & drop a shortcut) or using a key combination (Ctrl or Alt).

  • Use "Folder Node" as a "Menu Node" with an option like "Contents as root-level items". This way you could have the contents of a folder as icons directly in the dock. This was the default behaviour in the "good old" original windows toolbars. When you selected a folder (with the browser) all the content were added directly as icons and also it was dynamic. If the contents of the folder changed, it also changed in the toolbar.

  • Middle mouse click on any folder node (or subfolder) to launch it (I mean open it instead of display its content). This can actually be achieved with right click context menu, but could be simplest/fastest.

  • Context menu (right mouse click) on a node in a dock should have an option to delete the node. Now you have to launch "Configure Preferences and Options" to perform this operation. Also could have a move up/down to rearrange them.....or the ability to "click and drag" them.

  • For building docks, it could be a "live preview" mode that could reflect the changes (without saving them or using "View | Rebuild LaunchBar no to preview th changes") or at least.....an icon on the "icon bar" in "Configure preferences and option" window to access to the menu function "View | Rebuild LaunchBar....." more easily.

And that's all......(by the moment...)
Sorry for asking if there are already ways to achieve some of this features. I just begin testing LBC and aside my very first good reactions, those are things that are catching my attention. In that case I will be very grateful if someone points me in the right direction.

Again thank you for LBC and looking forward to see more features and improvements!!!

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