Window to fill the screen

[PRESENT321]

I am trying to change the behavior of the Maximize button to make the
window fill the screen.
I would like to be able to drag it around the screen, which is not
possible when the window is maximized.

Thanks in advance,

Matthew

 

[Galen]

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I am trying to change the behavior of the Maximize button to make the
window fill the screen.
I would like to be able to drag it around the screen, which is not
possible when the window is maximized.

Thanks in advance,

Matthew

Nope... It's not... Maximixed means it fills the screen and that means it
can't be moved anywhere. You can resize it so it's a pixel shy and then move
it but maximized means just that, maximum size, and as such it doesn't move.
I don't think any maximized windows move.

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[PRESENT321]

Thanks. Is there any way to change the behavior of the Maximize button
to not maximize, but resize to fill the screen?
Or is there an add-on that has this functionality?

 

[Galen]

In (e-mail address removed) <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Thanks. Is there any way to change the behavior of the Maximize
button to not maximize, but resize to fill the screen?
Or is there an add-on that has this functionality?

Wow, no? If there is than it's so deep in the OS that it's beyond anything
I've come across. That would be an interesting level to get into it at,
you'd likely have to reverse a great deal of the kernel itself just to find
the hook. It may be closer to the surface but if it is I have never heard of
it.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Thanks. Is there any way to change the behavior of the Maximize button
to not maximize, but resize to fill the screen?
Or is there an add-on that has this functionality?

Google Groups is your friend... <w>

Earlier this year Gary Smith posted a refinement of an idea I have been
crediting Helmut Rohrbeck for:

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The closest think I've found to a fix is to create a favorite named
"Position" with a URL of "javascript:resizeTo(900,700);moveTo(75,1)"
and put it on my Links bar.
That way I can fix the windows position with a single click.
You'd need to change the numbers to suit your own situation.

Neat refinement! You could even create a shortcut key for that then.
(Right-click, Properties of your Favorite.)

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FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
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