I just did...in #191.

Neil Banfield just did in #188

and

sdRohan did in #181.

Again, apologies for the frustration [as evidenced by others' comments], but this is all off-topic.

It's supposed to be a 'wish list' for features in Fences V4, nothing more...

Not sure if this has been suggested before (I don't really have time to go through 9 pages of replies), but I'd like the flickering of icons when using roll-up feature to be fixed.

Also adding a feature to remove the names under icons and just have the icon would make it look very clean in my opinion. Example below. (wasn't bothered to remove shortcut icons too)

You can hide the icon text (and shortcut arrow) using WindowFX if it helps.

An opportunity to have fences organized within fences would be great.

I think having Separators we could add to the Fences panels and pullout panels would be handy. This way we could create "subgroups" or "clusters" of different things within the panel for further organization. The separators should isolate items within those areas from leaving for sorting operations and such as well.

On the pullouts, it could just be standard horizontal separator bars and on the regular panels, it could be either vertical or horizontal which I suppose would terminate either at the bounds of the panel or at an intersection with another separator, preferably both would be available. So, you could throw out a vertical separator and a horizontal that intersects it and you've made 3 "zones". Preferably it would be both horizontal and vertical that could be used in tandem for the regular panels but if that wasn't possible I would personally prefer vertical for those.

I don't think there would be any need for naming these newly created "zones" outside of the name the panel or pullout already has. Just being able to create them would be enough I think. It's somewhat like Fences in Fences I suppose but it requires less overhead to achieve this way.

Seems like it could be useful in a lot of cases.

I would love to be able to set the default View to "list" for all folder portals & fences. It seems this would be best to implement in the "Configure Fences" settings. Currently, I have to manually change the view every time I make a new folder portal or every time I change the folder displayed in the portal (which is done with "Choose a different folder ...").

It really sucks — especially when I have many nested folders. Say I have 5 folders in a portal view & each of those folders has 10 nested folders & each of those folders has 15 nested folders ... that's 805 folders view settings I have to change manually. I try to get it over with from the initial setup process, so I change them all one right after the other. I often lose my place in the line up of folders & end up clicking on the same folder multiple times — a folder for which I've already changed the view. It's a real headache to perform the setup & that's not mentioning the tons of valuable time wasted. I don't even like to think about how many times I've had to do it. It is painful.

I have been lurking for a while waiting to purchase the current version of Fences because it seems to have quite a few limitations.  I don't want to find myself purchasing something that I am stuck with and cannot upgrade to the newer version if one is around the corner.  While I understand that there is work being done, I have not seen anything mentioning any sort of planned release date/year for v4.  

You can upgrade something to the point that it can never be released, so hopefully there is a 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, etc. that will roll some of the features out over time, but considering this thread was started in December of 2018, are we looking at some time in 2020?  2021?  Beyond?

If there is some sort of end of the tunnel in sight, that would probably help to alleviate some of the angst or belief that there is no forward motion happening.

https://forums.stardock.com/499870/page/1/#3778008

Was looking for an option to lock Fences and went through every option I could find, but no luck, until I I right clicked desktop, view. Why on earth isn't that option placed on the fences or in the configuration panel? No logic at all, I think.

I have not renewed /bought my trial fences for this. Without thesw 2 features I don't see the point to buy fences. Moving around identical desktops does not help to identify workflows.

Regards

Fences without build in GPU in the CPU is much slower than with. Please change that in v4.

Windows D drops all my windows (on three high res screens!).  Windows D again only brings back the last one.  I have lotsa windows open as I'm working on data or software or ...     I've arranged the fence roll-ups at the top of the screen but I don't want to rearrange several windows to see the icon in the fence when I open the fence.  So, unroll fence on top; select icon Needed; fence goes back to rolled up.  I'm pretty sure that's what other folks want, too when they make this request.  Thanks.

Quoting Jafo,

reply 30

People who create Windows shells and GUIs in particular often deal with the limitations of 'z-order' which is the layering designed  into the Windows concept that sees the desktop wallpaper drawn first....then icons and gadgets etc second...then inactive windows third and active [focused] windows last....and pop-over warnings etc on top of them even.

Having Microsoft define the icons as level 2  makes things dramatically different to have them pop-over open windows....something which may be either impossible...or cause all sorts of potential dramas if it can be done...

This is page 10 .....quote is from page 2.

It may be 'ideal' to want Fences to show on top of open windows....but I highly expect it won't be possible to achieve.  Microsoft determined at what level desktop icons would be displayed.  Physically deleting them all ... and any subsequent creation of more ...from the MS defined level and placing them at an entirely different level...ie. above any and ALL open windows ... whether in fences or not ...is going to be problematic with open window functionality.... the z-order is possibly zthe most important feature of the windows GUI itself ....