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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.20.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 27, 2012, 02:27 PM »

SectionAte 1.0.20.0 By request, added 'l' key to move window to left side and size it 1/2 screen work area. Fixed 'r' key to do the same thing on the right side.  Expanded Div ranges to 5 - 95 percent. This is handy for using the "empty" section as a spacer to help size the other 2 apps as desired.

Now the Tray Icon changes to reflect the active grid. Updated About Box.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.19.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 27, 2012, 01:43 PM »

I think, for me, I'm starting to see this grid as a good way to size 2 apps and use the "unused" section as a spacer.

For instance with Grid A  

I have the left section empty. But it keeps the programs on the right from consuming the entire width. Leaves a bit of space to click the desktop if I didn't have the gap for RocketDock. In this screen shot I changed the range for Div from 5 to 95 percent. When used as spacer I'm not going to try to jam something into the vertical gap on the left edge.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.19.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 27, 2012, 01:36 PM »

@tomos, as usual, you make good suggestions.  I'll work on adding the 'L'. It is Logical after all.

edit: It's not so much adding an item as then I have to go back and mess with About Box. Not easy to give directions in a few words and avoid it looking like a mess.

I'm doing x20 changes. I'll try to add the 'L' on this upload. I'll post when ready.

edit: turns out 'r' was broken. Search and replaced it into something else. I have 'l' and 'r' working now as vertical half of screen.  The next upload will have the 'l' key. I just have to redo the About Box.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.19.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 27, 2012, 01:18 PM »

At the start there was only one grid. The left section of the screen was section 1. So things evolved. I don't want to stick in too many keys. Then it becomes impossible to remember.

Also if you use TicClick, once you have the desired size, you can position it without dragging.  Just use '7' position or if it's full height, positions '4' or '1' will put it flush to the left edge.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.19.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 27, 2012, 02:37 AM »

SectionAte 1.0.19.0 Now displays current grid in Tray Icon Tooltip.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.18.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 10:32 PM »

SectionAte 1.0.18.0 By request, removed check mark from Tray Menu. Now the active grid is denoted by reverse colored icon.

All the tray menu icons are embedded in the .exe. I just included them in the zip in case anyone wishes to compile their own mod. When the program is run they are extracted from the exe into the folder that contains SectionAte.exe.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.17.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 08:28 PM »

On the check mark thing, I find it bothers me a bit too. I tried disabling the current one but the image, although still visible, is too dim. So what I think I'll do is make a bunch of red icons and the active one will have a red background.  These icons are only about 14 KB each anyway. If they are all embedded in the exe it won't be any big ram buster.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.17.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 08:24 PM »

Perhaps the reason for the confusion is, g 1 2 3 are grid related. All the other placement keys, t b r s c are independent of any grid. They are just convenient sizes and placements.

Maybe if I had a flat screen I'd be more into grid. But for CRT there really aren't all that many configurations where I'd say it's just so super to have stuff in a grid. I'm trying it out as much as anything.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.17.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 07:46 PM »

g selects the position in the grid by the top left point(origin) of the window. Drag window roughly where you want it and hit 'g'.

Click on another grid, then you can see the one that had the check. Otherwise then I have to make some Gui where the tray icon is good enough. If you look at the grids all the 3 section grids are the same as the first only rotated.  So if 'B" is selected and you can't see it, look at 'A' and rotate it clockwise 90 degrees mentally.  Likewise if you have 'F' selected, it's the same as 'E' only rotated clockwise 90 degrees.

The question about 'l' I don't understand. If you have an editor and you type 'l' the letter is going to go into the editor. That's why the hotkeys.

If you mean why do I have it so you hit a hotkey, then it waits for a letter, then it's to reduce the number of hotkeys. The more you have the greater the chance it's already in use.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Close all opened explorer windows

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 06:11 PM »

[Select]

#NoTrayIcon
#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
DetectHiddenWindows, On
GroupAdd,ExplorerGroup, ahk_class CabinetWClass
GroupAdd,ExplorerGroup, ahk_class ExploreWClass

while WinExist("ahk_group ExplorerGroup")
{
WinClose,ahk_group ExplorerGroup
}

Run it and Explorer windows are gone.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.17.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 05:10 PM »

SectionAte 1.0.17.0 Widened the range for Div settings to 15 - 85 percent.  Made window gap 5 pixels both vertically and horizontally. Just looks cleaner on my monitor. Fixed calculation error in one of the grids.

Here's one "trick" I got onto. I'm using B Grid. I want chromium to have a big section at right bottom of the desktop. But I don't want it to go across the entire width.  So I set BigDiv small, 32, and SmallDiv large, 85.  This leaves a gap on the left of the browser. I'll just stick Notepad in the other 2 sections to show what I mean.  Here's a screen shot.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.15.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 04:37 PM »

Hey Miles, any chance you could add your website to your signature, or, you could add it to the website info (underneath signature on the "Forum Profile Information" page) and it will show in an icon under your avatar. I'm a lazy beggar and it would save me going back to the first post every time for the link. Of course I should bookmark it

Bookmarked. I'll sort of pretend I didnt post this

-tomos (May 26, 2012, 04:00 PM)

That's ok. It's a good idea. I didn't think of it because so many sites don't allow you to put url in sig.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.15.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 03:53 PM »

SectionAte 1.0.15.0 Added Tray Menu commands to set BigDiv and SmallDiv percentages. These determine the percentage of work area where the dividing line is placed.  BigDiv is for the section that's not subdivided. SmallDiv is for the subdivided section.  SmallDiv is not used in the 2 section grids for obvious reasons.

There is only one BigDiv and SmallDiv setting for all the grids, but if you change it, it is updated immediately (meaning future moves use the new setting and the .ini file is written with the new settings.) Most likely you will settle on a grid you use for most things. Something more dynamic probably needs paid software or a utility that's been under development a lot longer.

I increased the vertical gap between windows from 3 pixels to 4. This should reduce the pinch on the drop shadow that can make it look like the windows overlap when they don't.

Also updated the About Box with cleaner descriptions.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.12.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 12:22 PM »

Although not as good as user defined grids, I'm looking into .ini file settings for percentage of largest window(where to draw the line) and perhaps another setting for the split point between the windows that share the other screen portion, in the case of a 3 grid.

I think it will be more useful if I can set a grid so that, as example, chrome can have the bottom or top of the screen will all the width and .xx of the screen height.  Maybe have a percentage range from 33 to 75 percent.  Some programs like EditPadLite7 won't allow the height below a certain size.  Typically you'll see the bottom of the window sticking down below where it should be. In that case it's probably going to be up to the user to adjust the percentages.

I'll experiment with it and see how it goes.  But a set fraction of .4 as I'm using now is too short or narrow for some apps.  Seems like a modification that shouldn't be too difficult.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.12.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 03:00 AM »

SectionAte 1.0.12.0 Added side by side Grid. I think this is going to be stable for awhile. Recursive user configurable subsections requires some fancy toolkits I can't purchase.  I suggest combining this tool with TicClick. Once you have the size then if you want to move it to another edge in one click that will do it.  Although it's not all that bad using Alt Arrow to move stuff.

If you find any bugs please let me know. I'll try to squash 'em if it's something I'm equipped to handle.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.11.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 26, 2012, 02:34 AM »

I've been following this small app of yours for some time now, and it never really clicked with me due to high number of required clicks. But with new hot-key integration it is just great, a real time saver...

Grid E is just a top/bottom 50 50 work area split. Win7 snap already does the side by side.

-MilesAhead (May 25, 2012, 10:58 PM)

Could you add "side by side" anyway? I'm on XP, and I don't know how to add that. What'd be even better, is the option that'd enable the user to create grid elements and save them as custom template.

-Attronarch (May 26, 2012, 01:02 AM)

Yeah, I know. That's the reason the programs that provide it charge like $29.95. It takes way too much work to accommodate a variable number of sections each with a variable percentage of screen space. To be honest I don't use grid myself much. I thought I'd take a shot at doing an easy version of it since I saw some mentioned on some forums.

But I can add the side by side grid. That's pretty easy. It's just every one added I have to modify the other 5 or 6 or 7 that come before it. But I can see side by side is useful. I should post it before the weekend is out. Thanks for the interest.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.11.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 25, 2012, 10:58 PM »

SectionAte 1.0.11.0 Added a fifth grid.  Grid E is just a top/bottom 50 50 work area split. Win7 snap already does the side by side.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.10.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 25, 2012, 09:46 PM »

SectionAte 1.0.10.0 This seems to work. Let me know if you find any bugs.

The same 3 section grid may be rotated via Tray Menu.  The letter commands such as 'c' for center and 's' for square operate independently of the grid.  If find 'c' nice for centering an editor on screen using most of the desktop, but not maximized.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.9.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 25, 2012, 08:39 PM »

I have a prototype with Tray Menu that lets you click among 4 grid icons. They are all the same 3 section grid rotated. I think I have the positioning down. It's just a matter of moving the new code into the app without breaking anything.

The tray menu will show these 4 icons with text Grid A Grid B Grid C Grid D with the current shown by check mark.

     

I hope to have something to post this weekend.

Changing the current grid style only effect new moves. I toyed around with monitoring drag but there's a lot of problems with letting go of the mouse, timers, etc.. Complicated and eats resources watching stuff.  Whereas this method is simple and doesn't do much unless you are hitting a hotkey.  Should only use a few MB.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.9.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 25, 2012, 04:51 PM »

Thank you. I'm playing around with adding more than one undo per window. But I'm wondering how much actual utility that would have. Not really like an editor. It would probably be more useful to add desktop templates with different section patterns. Just have the numbering clockwise from top left. If so then I need to get some images to show the user the pattern for selection.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.9.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 25, 2012, 02:37 PM »

SectionAte 1.0.9.0 Fixed user hotkey edit bug where setting the hotkey blank generated an error msg.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.8.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 24, 2012, 10:29 PM »

SectionAte 1.0.8.0 Fixed Hotkey editing code. I had to add some spaghetti to handle 2 different methods of editing the keyboard hotkey without resorting to the .ini file edit. Now you can also use either one to set the hotkey to blank.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.7.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 24, 2012, 09:06 PM »

SectionAte 1.0.7.0 Added Tray Menu command to enter keyboard hotkey as plain text. This should eliminate the need to edit the .ini file. Also the User Defined Keyboard Hotkey is displayed in the About Box. If there isn't one defined it shows a blank space next to that text.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.6.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 24, 2012, 05:50 PM »

SectionAte 1.0.6.0 Added command to Tray Menu to set a Keyboard Hotkey. Once an .ini file is saved, you may quit the program and edit it so enter a hotkey that will not work in the Hotkey Gui. For example I tried #s for Winkey +s in the .ini file, and it worked.

Note that for every hotkey other than holding down Middle Mouse Button, you hit the hotkey and release, then the app waits silently for one key press.  That's the number 1 to 3 or letter such as 'g' for grid etc..

The new version has been uploaded. I also included a Readme.txt in the zip along with source and custom icon.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.3.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 24, 2012, 04:40 PM »

would it be possible to remove the mouse completely from the equation?

-tomos (May 23, 2012, 08:38 PM)

I'm working on adding a menu command to just type in the hotkey. There's a built in function for it. It's limited in the hotkeys it will accept, but it's convenient. It won't accept Winkey modifier. But something with alt control or shift or combinations and a letter should work.

I'll post when I get it working.
Once you have the .ini file with the hotkey then you should be able to edit it to change the modifier to # for the Winkey. You just can't type Winkey hotkeys directly in the little hotkey gui thingy.