resizing windows to vertical limits of screen

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Spacey Spade

As opposed to maximizing, I use the program MinMaxExtender to resize
windows to the top and bottom edges of the screen (but not covering the
taskbar). This just by one click on a button that sits next to the
[minimize, maximize, close] buttons. You can also configure other
buttons. I have one shareware program that this conflicts with, and
was wondering if anyone knew of another program like this.

If you are interested in MinMaxExtender, here is one of the sites it is
available at:
http://www.monctoncomputerservice.com/revenger_inc/mmext.html

Spacey
 
Spacey said:
As opposed to maximizing, I use the program MinMaxExtender to resize
windows to the top and bottom edges of the screen (but not covering
the taskbar). This just by one click on a button that sits next to
the [minimize, maximize, close] buttons. You can also configure other
buttons. I have one shareware program that this conflicts with, and
was wondering if anyone knew of another program like this.

If you are interested in MinMaxExtender, here is one of the sites it
is available at:
http://www.monctoncomputerservice.com/revenger_inc/mmext.html

Spacey
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I am sure that you've seen mentioned PowerPro before
(Pricelessware '01...'06), but anyway I'm gonna annoy you with
mentioning it once again.
PowerPro is my favourite for this kind of function (and a boat load of
other functions as well).
While it does not work exactly like MinMaxExtender for this kind of
function, i.e. it does not let you create extra buttons (not in an easy
way anyway), it does let you rather easily assign these functions to
right- and middle-clicking the 3 standard buttons. I much prefer this
myself, because why create extra buttons?
As if right- and middle-clicking had not been invented yet. :)

For example, the way I myself have configured PowerPro:

Right-click the Minimize button: Minimize to the tray
Right-click the Maximize button: Roll up (= Title bar only)
Right-click the Close button: Toggle OnTop/NotOnTop

Middle-click the Minimize button: Maximize horizontally only
Middle-click the Maximize button: Maximize vertically only
Middle-click the Close button: Maximize fully (both hor and vert)

That last one corresponds with left-clicking the MinMaxExtender extra
button as you described. I.e. like the standard Windows maximize (= not
covering the taskbar), but leaving the window movable and resizable.

Also, I have configured that right-clicking the titlebar brings up a
menu with a lot of other window resizing/repositioning options and a lot
of other options as well.
And middle-clicking the titlebar .... (and so on and so on...).

The thing with PowerPro is of course that it is not for everyone.
You need to invest a bit in trying out how to configure it.
 
As opposed to maximizing, I use the program MinMaxExtender
to resize windows to the top and bottom edges of the screen
(but not covering the taskbar). This just by one click on
a button that sits next to the [minimize, maximize, close]
buttons. You can also configure other buttons. I have one
shareware program that this conflicts with, and was
wondering if anyone knew of another program like this.

If you are interested in MinMaxExtender, here is one of the
sites it is available at:
http://www.monctoncomputerservice.com/revenger_inc/mmext.htm
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Spacey
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The wonderful icon will et you move/size windows to co-ordinates
 
Sietse said:
I am sure that you've seen mentioned PowerPro before
(Pricelessware '01...'06), but anyway I'm gonna annoy you with
mentioning it once again.
Click to expand...
[snip]

Hey thanks for that. I'd looked at PowerPro to see what all the fuss
was about, but didn't know about this feature.
 
Spacey said:
Hey thanks for that. I'd looked at PowerPro to see what all the fuss
was about, but didn't know about this feature.
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You're wellcome. To get you going for these functione, some examples:

Start PowerPro Configure and select the Key/Mouse tab
On the right side of the screen, click the New button
In the 'Key/Mouse' drop down box, select e.g.: right close box
In the 'Enter command...' drop down box, select: *Window
In the 'Window control action' drop down box, select e.g.: TopNotTop
In the 'Select target...' drop down box, select: active
Click the OK button
Back in the previous screen. click the apply and then the OK button
You can now test: right-clicking the close button of any window should
now toggle it on top / not on top

You can clone and then edit this 'hotkey' to create a new one:

Start PowerPro Configure and select the Key/Mouse tab
Select the 'hotkey' that you just created
On the right side of the screen, click the Clone, then the Edit button
In the 'Key/Mouse' drop down box, select e.g.: middle maximize
In the 'Enter command...' drop down box, select: *Window
In the 'Window control action' drop down box, select: Position
In the 'Select target...' drop down box, type: hmax active
Click the OK button
Back in the previous screen. click the apply and then the OK button
You can now test: middle-clicking the maximize button of any window
should now maximize it vertically only

In the above example 'hmax' stands for 'height maximize'
In the same way, use 'wmax' for 'width maximize'

For maximizing 'fully' (hor and vert) there is no built-in command
(well, there is, but the 'max' command applies the standard maximize)
One way to do it: you can position/resize a window with four numbers.
These are the window hor and vert position and the width and height.
First determine the desired height, e.g. with a 1024x768 resolution and
a taskbar height of 30 pixels the desired height would be 738 pixels

Start PowerPro Configure and select the Key/Mouse tab
On the right side of the screen, click the New button
In the 'Key/Mouse' drop down box, select e.g.: middle close box
In the 'Enter command...' drop down box, select: *Window
In the 'Window control action' drop down box, select: Position
In the 'Select target...' drop down box, type: 0 0 1024 738 active
Click the OK button
Back in the previous screen. click the apply and then the OK button
You can now test: middle-clicking the close button of any window should
now maximize it fully
 
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