Hi Patrick,

Ah, I forgot to mention that!  ^_^ I've had the taskbar at the top of
the screen forever (old Apple fan), so I forget that most do not.

Yeah, I can live with that, too.  Just wondered if it was
reproducible behavior.  Thanks.

Yuki

Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 11:47:44 PM, you wrote:

PD> Hello,

PD>  

PD> Same behavior, but only if the taskbar is at the top of the screen.

PD>  

PD> Strange, but I can live with …

PD>  

PD> Patrick

PD>  

PD>  

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PD> Envoyé : mercredi 14 juillet 2010 10:41
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PD> Objet : [amibroker] OT: One Windows 7 oddity

PD>  

PD>   

PD> For the most part, I'm very pleased with 7. But there is one oddity
PD> that I'd like to know if anyone else experiences.

PD> Hover the pointer over the "Show hidden icons" arrow in the system
PD> tray. I find two different behaviors. Imagine a horizontal line
PD> perfectly bisecting the arrow (and the box around it that is revealed
PD> when you hover). If the cursor is as much as one pixel above that
PD> line, even though it is on the arrow and in the box, there is a
PD> flashing of the "Show hidden icons" title, and the click is not 100
PD> percent sure -- sometimes it has to be repeated. But if the pointer
PD> is just one pixel below that imaginary center line, there is no
PD> flashing at all, and the click works 100 percent.

PD> To be sure, my experience is that you can be well below the arrow,
PD> even below the revealed box, and make this work just fine. You can
PD> hover at the very bottom of the taskbar under the arrow (but within
PD> the horizontal confines of that revealed box), and it works like a
PD> charm. You can also be way over the arrow (and well above the box)
PD> and you will get the flashing and some hit or miss clicking results.

PD> For me, a click only about one pixel above the bottom of the taskbar,
PD> but within the horizontal confines of that revealed box, will show
PD> hidden icon. All that is necessary is to be in an area where the box
PD> illuminates. But if you are one pixel above the center of that area
PD> (dead over the arrow, but just above an imaginary center), you get
PD> the flashing.

PD> Anyone else?

PD> It seems that the true target area for displaying hidden tray icons
PD> is a box beginning one pixel below the center of that area, extending
PD> down to the very first pixel at the bottom of the taskbar within the
PD> horizontal bounds. Hard to believe this passed muster.

PD> Best,




 


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