[Win7] Centering icons in the bar

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thats just a trick, make a toolbar linked to an empty folder, hide the name and labels on the superbar and pull it (the new toolbar) to the left side of your icons, stretch the toolbar till the icons are in the middle and lock the superbar again

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Won't that mess up the placement of new applications you have running? Won't they keep going to the the right?

Won't that mess up the placement of new applications you have running? Won't they keep going to the the right?

Oh **** I'm seeing double! *runs to Lasik thread*

Anyway, yeah this would be a neat trick but opening apps that aren't pinned would ruin it. You'd need a custom shell where it orients them to the center automatically.

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yeah they just open to the right. not really a fan of doing this however, i know a lot of folks that due, mostly these are the folks that used to use rocket dock on their windows machines.

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the sidebar is actually a program that you can download for free and its called RainMeter. and the theme that is used on that screenshot is ENIGMA. i downloaded the program last night and played with it a little. download it at www.rainmeter.net

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Tell ya what, Windows should look at including the centering of icons on the taskbar with Windows 8, because EVERYONE wants to do it now..

Everyone? I certainly don't and I still wish Microsoft would move the Show Desktop button back over to the right hand side of the taskbar.

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Everyone? I certainly don't and I still wish Microsoft would move the Show Desktop button back over to the right hand side of the taskbar.

It is isn't it? Just move your cursor to the bottom right of the screen. Maybe I've misunderstood you :s

I also don't like having the icons in the middle of the taskbar, just doesn't do it for me.

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jakem1

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It is isn't it? Just move your cursor to the bottom right of the screen. Maybe I've misunderstood you :s

I also don't like having the icons in the middle of the taskbar, just doesn't do it for me.

Sorry, I meant to say the left hand side :blush: I work with multiple versions of Windows throughout the week and my muscle memory just can't get used to the fact that the Show Desktop button has moved to the other side of the screen.

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Sorry, I meant to say the left hand side :blush: I work with multiple versions of Windows throughout the week and my muscle memory just can't get used to the fact that the Show Desktop button has moved to the other side of the screen.

found it also very annoying to start with, to the point where I actually got myself a shortcut to the desktop done where it used to be.

Found after a couple of weeks though that I wasn't using the shortcut, and by instinct moved the mouse cursor down to the right hand corner when I needed.

It takes a while to get used to, but it makes perfect sense and is now a win7 feature I really adore.

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Tell ya what, Windows should look at including the centering of icons on the taskbar with Windows 8, because EVERYONE wants to do it now..

Actually, I don't want my taskbar icons centered, and I'm someone, so obviously not everyone wants it like that...

And you do realize that centered icons is TERRIBLE UI design in terms of Fitts' Law, right? You want to design models that utilize as much corner space as possible, as corners can be said to have infinite width and height.

Look at the default Windows 7 layout... The taskbar at the bottom has a clickable (discoverable) function in the extreme lower left: the Start menu. In the extreme lower right is the Show Desktop button which triggers Aero Peek. A maximized window has a clickable icon in the extreme upper left and clickable window widgets in the extreme upper right. If all those icons were centered, you'd be unable to access them from the corner, which limits the amount of "virtual" space in your UI model.

A bit off-topic, but it's one of the reasons why Microsoft doesn't center everything, like what you see in Mac OS X.

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