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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you just want to raise the window under the mouse pointer you can set Windows 7 to do this automatically without clicking. I'm unsure about the exact place since I use the Swedish version but look in the Control Panel under Accessability and Changing How the Mouse Behaves or some such. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 2,337 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mark Harrison: Quote:
But when you're just working with 2 windows, or just keep going back-and-forth between 2 windows like you are, just Alt-Tab, release. It will pop the previous window back up and the popup you're complaining about goes away. Like Tweeter, I use it constantly. Dozens upon dozens of times per day. Per hour sometimes. It really is a HUGE time saver.  Same here. This "problem" is located between a wheel and a seat. |
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| Registered: March 31, 2007 |  Posts: 662 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you're really unwilling to use alt-tab, wouldn't it be possible to move your windows just a little, so you could click on the upper end instead of the lower? | | |  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,321 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I wasn't planning on posting in this thread again... but changed my mind.. as I feel I must say something.
And I am sorry too Mark... but I feel this entire thread has been insulting to me. It is one thing if you don't agree with a request. I am fine and good with that. But to try and push someone else's way of using the software... and a computer in general... as well as making smart aleck remarks against the OP is completely insulting and ridiculous.
I must say this one day thread has done more to make me want to completely give up on this so called "community" then anything I have seen in these forums the last 13 years I been with DVD Profiler. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't read these posts the way you do Pete. It seems to me they are nothing more than teasing you a little bit. I've been on the receiving end of similar leg pulling because of my lack of technical abilities...and my reluctance to do things that might be easier. At least you seem to know what Alt-tab or keyboard shortcuts mean!  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I said right away when it was first mentioned how I didn't like keyboard shortcuts.... Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
Not everyone knows about or even likes to use keyboard shortcuts. I know it is one I never heard of before... and I am much more a mouse person... I find keyboard shortcuts and such very cumbersome to use... and could never keep in my mind what the key combos are.
I personally don't know what is wrong with this feature request... I honestly don't see how either of the solutions I mentioned would hinder anyone in any way. And that should have been enough. Not keep tying to push something on me that I very clearly said I wasn't interested in. And as you put it the "teasing" and "leg pulling" I personally found very insulting to my intelligence... just because I prefer to do things differently. I am not the only one on these forums to say I prefer not to use such keyboard shortcuts... but I am the one that gets it pushed onto me and insulted in the process. I am sorry... but I can't help how I have taken this thread. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 31, 2007 | | Posts: 662 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm sorry, if you read my post that way. That really wasn't my intention. But knowing the 'speed' in implementing functions (even if all people agree) into this program, I just thought about giving some kind of idea to circumvent.  | | | |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | You have no reason to be sorry...you offered a different solution (even from Alt+tab)... something I am always willing to hear.
I Just feel when I say that a particular solution doesn't work for me and then people continue to push that same solution (or ridicule me)... that is what I feel is extremely insulting. Insulting to my choices and insulting to my intelligence. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Here is your only other post in this thread... Quoting StaNDarD: Quote:
If you're really unwilling to use alt-tab, wouldn't it be possible to move your windows just a little, so you could click on the upper end instead of the lower? Offering a different and new solution. One that helped a little... but I wasn't able to adjust my window enough to completely solve it. | | | | Pete | | | | Last edited: by Addicted2DVD |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 2,337 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
Not keep tying to push something on me that I very clearly said I wasn't interested in. I'm sorry to say but this this sounds like; you have to move a ton of dirt from place A to a place B. Between those two places is a muddy road. Some people are suggesting you that "Hey, there's a bulldozer over there, use it and you'll be done in seconds". Instead you're asking a tarmac road between two places, so it would be easier for you to walk with one showel at a time. Quote:
And as you put it the "teasing" and "leg pulling" I personally found very insulting to my intelligence... just because I prefer to do things differently. I'm very sorry if you feel that I insulted you. By no means that was my purpose. I get my monthly income from IT business and every day I learn something new. My work mates pull my leg every DAY when I do something more difficult way than necessary, just because I'm stubborn. Sometimes I keep my head and just take their tease, sometimes I change my ways. Live and learn every day. If you are willing to learn something new, Alt+Tab is a VERY easy combination. Then you can have both, DVDP and your DVD player software in full screen and change between those two in a fraction of second. I do it propably hundred times a day. | | | | Last edited: by Kulju |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | And once again... keep trying to push and push and push! Never ending pushing of one thing is not going to make me see it another way!  | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just wanted to put it as plain as I can. I have said multiple times in this thread that...
I find keyboard shortcuts and such very cumbersome to use... and could never keep in my mind what the key combos are.
Which means I am not interested in them in any way, shape or form...
So if you are just going to reply to talk more about how I should use "Alt+Tab"... please don't waste your time.
I don't know how much clearer I can make it then that.
Agree with the request... disagree with the request... all is good by me. No big deal. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 2,337 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
Agree with the request... disagree with the request... all is good by me. No big deal. Ok, I disagree with the request since I know how to use Windows OS efficiently. When I use DVDP with my laptop using touchpad I appreciate that I don't have to point'n'click to that exact area. Not a problem for me, and it doesn't seem to be a problem for anybody else for that matter. I believe Ken has more important things to work with. Happy? | | | | Last edited: by Kulju |
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| Registered: March 31, 2007 | | Posts: 662 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Kulju: Quote:
I'm sorry to say but this this sounds like; you have to move a ton of dirt from place A to a place B. Between those two places is a muddy road. Some people are suggesting you that "Hey, there's a bulldozer over there, use it and you'll be done in seconds". Instead you're asking a tarmac road between two places, so it would be easier for you to walk with one showel at a time.
To stay in this picture, he already said, he had no gas for the bulldozer, so showing on it for the umpteenth time isn't a solution... Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
Here is your only other post in this thread...
Quoting StaNDarD:
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If you're really unwilling to use alt-tab, wouldn't it be possible to move your windows just a little, so you could click on the upper end instead of the lower?
Offering a different and new solution. One that helped a little... but I wasn't able to adjust my window enough to completely solve it. Sad to hear. Maybe you can give some more information, which player and resolution are you using? | | | |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
but I feel this entire thread has been insulting to me. Ooops, I guess this is in my direction. Sorry Pete, never meant to insult or diminish you (Pulling a leg was intended though, but I thought you knew me long enough to understand). Tried to show ways out of your problem and to point out why "moving the checkbox" would only be a temporary solution, since the position may and will vary with screen-size, resolution and/or window-size. And to repeat myself the "Close-By"-activation of flags is a Windows Feature, I'm not even sure if it can be disabled. BTW: I was able to shrink "my" profile editor to about 1/4 screen-size without losing functionality (Scrolling through TV-Show Crew is a major PitA though, but this is probably no difference to the "normal" window-size) The IMO best solution came from iPatsa ( here). With this approach you can pull focus to the desired program simply by hovering the mouse-pointer over the preview from the taskbar. No need to click anywhere, no chance for a mis-click. To activate this option: Windows "Start -> Control Panel -> Accessibility Options -> Mouse" and flag "Activate Window by Pointing" (or equivalent). This is, to stay in your picture, not only a tarmac road, but adds an airport-runway with additional rocket-launching-base. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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