skin is invisible when "Position" is put to "On Desktop"

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skin is invisible when "Position" is put to "On Desktop" #51

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. activate a skin
2. put "Position" to "On Desktop"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
the skin is supposed to show on desktop. instead, it doesn't show at all.
when i change the desktop wallpaper, the skin blinks. it's like if the skin
is behind the wallpaper.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
i tried version 0.14-32bit and "Latest-20090421-32bit" on windows vista SP1.

this happens with all skins

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dali....@gmail.com on 2 May 2009 at 1:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

A little more information is probably needed. Are you using Dreams? If not, 
what file
types are the wallpapers you are using? Are you hiding desktop icons, and what 
method
are you using to hide them? Are you using any non-standard method of switching
wallpapers?

In the future could you report bugs at http://www.rainmeter.net/forum/index.php 
? We
are trying to field bugs and suggestions there, then pass on complete 
information
here. It is just an attempt on our part to keep the developers from having to 
do so
much reading and responding when they could be working on code.

Original comment by JMHarris...@gmail.com on 2 May 2009 at 2:14

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

i didn't know about the forum, thank you.
i found all i needed to know about this problem in this thread :
http://www.rainmeter.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=24
hopefully there will be a fix soon.

Original comment by dali....@gmail.com on 2 May 2009 at 3:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This is a Windows issue, and I do not know if there is somethign the dev guys 
can
code in to avoid the Aero Issue

Original comment by evmckay on 2 May 2009 at 7:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This Issue is "SHOW DESKTOP" Issue that Rainmeter has from of old.
http://www.rainlendar.info/oldforum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=459#994
also,
http://www.rainlendar.info/oldforum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=438#6483
I think it is an important problem that should be fixed in the future.

Original comment by kenz0.sa...@gmail.com on 7 May 2009 at 12:00

Added labels: Priority-High
Removed labels: Priority-Medium

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

i think that's a different issue.
this one happens when using Aero under vista. as they explained in the new 
forum,
Aero is in some way a layer that works over the desktop. so when you set a 
skin's
position to "on desktop", it is actually on the desktop, but under Aero. thats 
why
you can't see it. you don't get this problem while using the vista basic theme.
i guess the solution is to stick the skin to Aero, not to the desktop. but i 
don't
know if that's even possible.

Original comment by dali....@gmail.com on 7 May 2009 at 12:16

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

"Bottom" is effectively "Desktop", but stays in front of Aero...

Original comment by jsmor...@gmail.com on 14 May 2009 at 12:46

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

to disable aero in windows 7/ vista: (I had this same exact problem and doing 
this
fixed it!)
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-aero-on-windows-vista/

Original comment by shadysur...@gmail.com on 5 Oct 2009 at 12:27

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

thanks for the tip, but some of us like Aero and would like to keep using it..

Original comment by dali....@gmail.com on 5 Oct 2009 at 10:31

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Added a workaround in r354.

Original comment by spx268 on 8 Apr 2010 at 4:25

Changed state: Fixed