With Fences v4 wish list do we have to assume no update will come to Fences V3. We'll have to wait and probably buy V4 just to have our highly requested features incorporated and those experience breaking bug fixed.
Vertical fences are requested for months and even year. Same with the bug about the auto-layout of windows

Yeah, I was very disappointed that when you un-roll a fence it is hidden behind other windows.  for me it makes fences just about useless.  This feature would be great, especially for when fences are docked across the top edge of the screen.

I get that 'icons above windows' has been requested to death one way or another but I'm sure it's possible. The question is would it step outside the purpose that Fences was designed for, because coding for this would dramatically change its function from 'desktop icon organiser' to an app with Explorer-like functionality that provides a complete desktop replacement.

Fences already does the three main things that would be needed - (1) hides desktop icons, (2) adds additional views (folder portals), (3) knows that specific fences contain specific icons. Only changes to Fences would be needed, not Windows.

All that's needed is

- Hide all desktop icons on load (1), maybe still allow double click to show icons, for emergencies.

- Monitor desktop folder and be aware of changes to icons, which are now hidden.

- Make every fence a separate folder portal window (2) that can independently be displayed behind or in front of other windows.

- If it's a 'desktop fence' then it would still be a folder portal, only shows the icons that have been placed in it (3), always kept behind other windows.

- If it's a normal folder portal then it functions exactly like it does now, always kept behind other windows.

- When a fence is created, allow the user to select Always on Top for docked fences. In this case always keep the window in front.

- If desktop fence or docked fence without Always on Top is clicked then nothing happens, it always stays at the back.

- If docked fence with Always on Top is clicked then it slides down and always stays at the front.

- If Show Desktop is clicked then all windows except fences are minimised.

The main point being to implement the Fences as separate mini Explorer-like windows which would have a z-order, instead of just little containers that shift desktop icons around.

The benefits of doing this are:

A - the view options for every fence could be set to small icons / detailed, which is currently only possible for folder portals. But they would all be folder portals

B - Fences slow load time can be avoided by showing the normal desktop at login, while Fences is loading, and then have some nice transitions as each fence fades in and the respective desktop icons fade out.

If I'm able to code this from scratch then I'm sure it would be very easy for Stardock, with most of the code for the three main requirements having already been written. I don't even use docked fences so who knows why I'm getting involved.

Fix the ability to restore a snapshot and have the desktop icons that are not in Fences to be put back to their saved location.  I can see it in the snapshot preview but Fences is refusing the put them back.

see my post in the support thread... Fences Refuses to Restore Snapshot on Dual Monitor Setup

Windows Virtual Desktop support.

Desktop 1 opens Fence-Set 1

Desktop 2 opens Fence-Set 2

...

I would love to have Icon alignment center and the ability to put a segment line between groups of icons. An aura effect under each group of icons would add a really nice nuance to each fence, and of course the ability to change each aura based on application, game or system task.. To really go a step further, giving the end user the ability to add a mouseover music tone for each aura. Like C for apps and d for games and so on..

Thanks

no blinking on Portal fences will be awesome after so many year ....

I don't know if this was suggested, but Integrating the roll-ups on taskbars rolling up so I don't have to minimize any windows to access these fences would be THE best thing.

Quoting ZubaZ,

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Original post: 1 year 10 months 12 days ago 

I don't even know why threads like these are started. Sometimes SD ist like a little kid that loses interest in it's toys after some time.

And Fences is advertised as a corporate tool. Way to go 'corporate'.

Not.

Oh well.

https://forums.stardock.com/496875/get;3759984

"I can live with an extra click down in the right-hand corner to hide all windows so that fence titles in the rolled-up fences show.

But for example, it's annoying if I want to release a file or folder. Windows thinks you want to browse to virtual desktop # 2 when you drag files down and then I'm on desktop # 2 and have to drag the cursor across the screen to the left to get back to desktop # 1. Then I can move over to the fence I want to roll up and drop the file or whatever. This is at home on a 27"16: 9 2560x1440p monitor and a lot of dragging down the right and back to the left and then to the fence I want to open. Not even trying to add fences to my tiny 17" second monitor anymore...

But then there is WIN key+D that shows desktop also, great... Or? Not so handy when your holding files/shortcut with one hand and other hand is ocupied with a phone or something. Then Windows seems not to like it every time. Think that may have to do with number of files or type I hold with the mouse doing that. Especially at work where it's a lot of scripts in all kinds of code or files from MAC's or Linux systems.

So at work where I have another Fences license on a 38" 21: 9.3840x1600p it is totally useless to use fences with roll up function that's not on top of everything. Have two small open fences on the left side of the 38" now where I drop links I want to read later and for downloads. But a lot of times I cant see them anyway working with windows-by-windows.

Before I used to at least being able to use the old Rocketdock with folder docklets that opend above all windows, linked to a folder that I then used Fences Folder portal to show in roll up fences placed around the center at bottom of the desktop .
But with Rocketdock that is dead now and docklets that became more unstable for every update on Win10, I'm now left with the two hidden fences. And the others at lower center using roll up that I almost never sees.

Trying to organize them on left or right side always ends up with same insane dragging distance, windows blocking or untrusty WIN+D, dragging all the way down to right corner is not happening. Not gona us some insane gamers dpi on the mouse."