Bugs and feature requests.

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Hello,

After using fences for a few weeks on Windows 10, I have collected my thoughts:

- folder portals do not inherit the "view" settings from the root.  Each browsed folder from that point on goes back to a default large icon view.  My system default is "details."

- Would be nice for rollups pinned to the corners of the screen to be able to stay on top of everything.

- would be nice for a rollup to roll in from the sides.

- trying to select icons within a fence using control+LMB is EXTREMELY laggy on one machine, but testing this on another is not.. the laggier machine is the faster machine...

- icon sorting within fences should have more of a grid structure and not auto-arranged.  Icons that would fall outside of the fence border would be automatically pushed to the nearest grid point inside of the fence, but otherwise, let me arrange them how I want.

- hotkeys to pop fences over all other apps would be nice.  I am using fences to launch programs, and I have them categorized in individual fences.  Often-ran apps in a pop-over quick menu would be great.  

- fences and blurring (win 10) should respect deskscapes and .dream animated backgrounds.

- renaming icons, say.. to remove ".exe - shortcut" moves icon as if it's being deleted and re-added.  This can cause undesired locations.

- automatically removing ".exe - shortcut" would be nice as an ammendment to the rules section per fence/folder

- in quick-hide settings, if you enable auto hide icons and auto show icons, then disable auto-hide, they stay hidden without the option to unhide.. you have to turn it all back on then uncheck show first, then uncheck hide.  Should not work this way.

- fence background images?  like maybe just a simple subtle grid for the icons?

EDIT: Also.. being able to add virtual folders using shell commands.. Like, in windows 10, it's a serious PITA to make the desktop "Apps" startup with windows because the only way to get access to the shortcuts is by using the command "shell:AppsFolder" which Fences currently does not accept as a desktop folder location.

Otherwise, I'm loving it.  Thanks!

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Oh.. and defaults are not working at all.  Icons are being thrown onto the desktop eventhough I've clearly made a "catch all" folder.. three times now.  Would love to know what is going wrong here.  If I have to manually move them every time, that sort of defeats the purpose.


Ok, actually.. I had to go into the settings and add a new rule that looked at the program icons and dumped them in the proper folder.  Using the rule that was already there did not work.  Wouldn't they do the same thing...?  And almost all are working.  When installing  a new app, they do not move automatically.  Is there a way to make a button or area of the screen work as an "apply rules" shortcut?  Or add it to the context menu?

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