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Old December 18th 17, 02:37 PM posted to alt.comp.freeware,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Terry Pinnell[_3_]
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Default Ensuring windows on top after stacking?

A handy feature of IrfanView is that by Shift+Right clicking its taskbar
icon I can choose 'Show all windows stacked'. But, depending on the
state of the IrfanView target windows, and other windows, it's rare that
they will all be immediately visible.

For example, with four IrfanView images open (in various
states/positions/sizes) and from whatever I am doing, in whatever
program, here's what I *want* to see after issuing that stacking
instruction:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o4kwajbflp...ing-0.jpg?dl=0

Here's a typical example of what I might see:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o6lo4ar6kv...ing-1.jpg?dl=0

Is there any way to ensure that my target windows all get 'top' status,
presumably in succession, so that nothing obscures any of them?

Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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Old December 18th 17, 06:11 PM posted to alt.comp.freeware,alt.comp.os.windows-10
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Ensuring windows on top after stacking?

Terry Pinnell wrote:

A handy feature of IrfanView is that by Shift+Right clicking its taskbar
icon I can choose 'Show all windows stacked'. But, depending on the
state of the IrfanView target windows, and other windows, it's rare that
they will all be immediately visible.

For example, with four IrfanView images open (in various
states/positions/sizes) and from whatever I am doing, in whatever
program, here's what I *want* to see after issuing that stacking
instruction:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o4kwajbflp...ing-0.jpg?dl=0

Here's a typical example of what I might see:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o6lo4ar6kv...ing-1.jpg?dl=0

Is there any way to ensure that my target windows all get 'top' status,
presumably in succession, so that nothing obscures any of them?


Try cascade first then stack or use side-by-side.

No mention of what OS you are using. Yes, you posted in the Win10
newsgroup but you also shotgunned a cross-posted submissin across
disparate newsgroups. Irfanview only works under Windows but different
versions of Windows have different window arrangment features. In
Windows 7, if you want to tile the windows (instead of cascade, stack,
or use side-by-side), select multiple windowed apps in Task Manager's
Applications tab, right-click, and select vertical or horizontal tiling.
As I recall, tiling windows went away in Windows 8 but I never got
suckered into using Vista or 8 and don't use 10 at home.
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Old December 18th 17, 08:27 PM posted to alt.comp.freeware,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Terry Pinnell[_3_]
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Default Ensuring windows on top after stacking?

VanguardLH wrote:

Terry Pinnell wrote:

A handy feature of IrfanView is that by Shift+Right clicking its taskbar
icon I can choose 'Show all windows stacked'. But, depending on the
state of the IrfanView target windows, and other windows, it's rare that
they will all be immediately visible.

For example, with four IrfanView images open (in various
states/positions/sizes) and from whatever I am doing, in whatever
program, here's what I *want* to see after issuing that stacking
instruction:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o4kwajbflp...ing-0.jpg?dl=0

Here's a typical example of what I might see:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o6lo4ar6kv...ing-1.jpg?dl=0

Is there any way to ensure that my target windows all get 'top' status,
presumably in succession, so that nothing obscures any of them?


Try cascade first then stack or use side-by-side.


Not sure why you thought that might help, but I tried it and it doesn't.

No mention of what OS you are using. Yes, you posted in the Win10
newsgroup

Isn't that a clue?

but you also shotgunned

shotgunned?

a cross-posted submissin across
disparate newsgroups.

Two: a freeware group used by several IrfanView users . (A freeware
program.) And alt.comp.os.windows-10. And in my 90 posts there since
June 2016, you have replied in at least a dozen.

I also posted in the Windows 10 Forum.

Terry, East Grinstead, UK

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Old December 19th 17, 04:45 AM posted to alt.comp.freeware,alt.comp.os.windows-10
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Ensuring windows on top after stacking?

Terry Pinnell wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

Terry Pinnell wrote:

A handy feature of IrfanView is that by Shift+Right clicking its taskbar
icon I can choose 'Show all windows stacked'. But, depending on the
state of the IrfanView target windows, and other windows, it's rare that
they will all be immediately visible.

For example, with four IrfanView images open (in various
states/positions/sizes) and from whatever I am doing, in whatever
program, here's what I *want* to see after issuing that stacking
instruction:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o4kwajbflp...ing-0.jpg?dl=0

Here's a typical example of what I might see:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o6lo4ar6kv...ing-1.jpg?dl=0

Is there any way to ensure that my target windows all get 'top' status,
presumably in succession, so that nothing obscures any of them?


Try cascade first then stack or use side-by-side.


Not sure why you thought that might help, but I tried it and it doesn't.


It has helped me when there is an odd count of [visible] windows. Might
work, might not. Worth a shot.

No mention of what OS you are using. Yes, you posted in the Win10
newsgroup


Isn't that a clue?


Clue? Yes. Mandatory? No. Lots of users post other-version Windows
inquiries into their favorite Windows newsgroup instead of the newsgroup
that mentions the version of Windows they are actually using.

I wasn't quite sure why you mentioned stacking but then complained that
not all of every window was available. Stacking means some portion of
some windows won't be visible. Stacking is to provide enough real
estate for an app's window so you can click on it to raise its focus to
the top of the stack. Tiling (side-by-side) sounds like what you want.

https://www.windowscentral.com/4-way...ltiple-windows

Alas, Microsoft seems to have changed the definitions of stacking and
tiling. Stacking, in Windows 10, now means to create a vertical stack
of windows. This is similar to how the Recent list in Android phones
will look: a series of overlapping windows in a stack that you can click
on a portion to bring that window to the top of the stack. Alas, tiling
(side-by-side) orientation is no longer resizing each app window so a
equal portion of each (for even count) will show alongside the other
windows (odd count results in one of them being half-sized).

https://www.howtogeek.com/198230/how...on-windows-10/

Looks like Microsoft figures users cannot handle more than 4 concurrent
same-level (Z axis) windows at a time and expect their users to use
virtual desktops (now built-in rather than using a 3rd party program,
like Dexpot) or multiple monitors to see more windows at a time without
any overlap.

I'm not on a Win10 host at home. I thought only the app's with visible
windows (not hidden windows - no window for app - and minimized windows
weren't included in the cascade, stack, and tiling layouts). You have
more than 4 Irfanview windows open at a time? If you minimize the other
app windows, or minimize all except up to 4 for Irfanview, does stacking
or tiling then work for just those windows?

Maybe alternative window managers may have the features you want; e.g.,
https://www.nurgo-software.com/products/aquasnap but it looks like you
need their $18 payware version to get the tiling layout control.

Yep, moving to the next version of Windows means losing features you
were accustomed to in the prior version. "I know engineers. They love
to change things." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTbwlqX6Rmg). If
Microsoft didn't make arbitrary changes, how could they con the
consumers that they had a new version of their product? Why do you
think tiles in Windows 8 or the ribbon bar in the Office products really
showed up? They think changing the GUI cons users into believing a
product warrants a major version number change, so they putz around with
the GUI controls, too. Gotta make it look and act different. I'm
expecting around 2025 to 2028 that Microsoft will finally drop their NT
kernel and do like Apple by dumping their old OS kernel, go to Linux,
and slap on a GUI reminiscent of the prior old kernel version.
 




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