Vertical taskbar Start button

On Vista my Start button moves around,centering horizontally on the taskbar...really looks screwed up.

How do I make it stay left aligned like in XP?

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also...dragging the taskbar from horizontal to vertical or vice versa causes the quicklaunch buttons to display the wrong set...at least til you re-apply the skin.

That would be confusing to a user who didnt know this...XP applies the correct set.(Vista does not)

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Sounds like Veeesta is at it again! XD

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This was a case where I though:

 

Ha...gonna figure it out before The Brain! }:)

 

 

I'll have admitt defeat..........Sorry X(

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U have the 'center the start button' setting turned on in WB config perhaps? Not sure what u mean by.. moves around ?

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I think he means the the startbutton stays centered when resizing the vertical taskbar instead of staying left justified as he wants it.

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of course, screenys would help.........

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yes,I want it to stay left...and no,I dont have center turned on in WB config or the skin...thats for centering vertically on horizontal taskbars as far as I can tell.

 

:pout:

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I believe it has to do with the position of the start button on its image strip. Since Vista's start button is not left-justified like XP's, then a skinned Vista start button will not quite behave like a skinned XP button. I have run into this as well.

The only solution I can think of is to include a separate substyle for vertical taskbars with a modified start button which is positioned in its image strip further to the left.

I don't know for a fact that this is the right answer, but this is my take on it.

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left-justified like XP's
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That gives me an idea...time to try some hand coding.  :(O

 

substyles are one way to go but...I already have 16 XP styles...more is not appealing. :(O

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Adding 'TextHorzAlignNormal=1' had no effect. X(

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Adding 'TextHorzAlignNormal=1' had no effect.
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I hate it when I try to hand code something and it does absolutely nothing. X|

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Reply #14 Top

great to hear...thanks Neil. B)