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Fences: Turn OFF auto-arrange icons

February 14, 2021 9:58:00 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

I find that there is "usually" a lot of value in the spatial arrangement of a group of icons. I also find it "quite" annoying to have the application override my arrangements. Within a Fence, the icons should stay as I arrange to include any relocating of the fence. To be frank, this one weakness is a total show-stopper for me to find Fences useful. (As a guess, this behavior would be common sense to just about anyone, and it isn't present because of budget or schedule reasons?)

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Reply #1 February 14, 2021 10:24:08 PM
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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. This feature were requested by others before. I have forward your request to the Stardock Support Team for their review and recommendations. We really do appreciate your feedback, Thanks

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Reply #2 February 15, 2021 4:07:25 PM
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Quoting basj,
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This feature were requested by others before. I have forward your request to the Stardock Support Team

I came here because I wanted to turn off auto-arrange, as well... Seems this feature has been requested for some years now and still hasn't been added.   If the answer is "no" then just say so, as things stand I guess I won't keep my hopes up...

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Reply #3 February 24, 2021 2:18:25 PM
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I wish that this was disclosed on the website.  If I knew that I could not rearrange my icons how I want them and to stay in that position would not be possible, I wouldn't have downloaded and installed this app.  Completely worthless to me at this point. 

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Reply #4 June 26, 2021 10:15:29 AM
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Quoting SparkyPete,
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I wish that this was disclosed on the website.  If I knew that I could not rearrange my icons how I want them and to stay in that position would not be possible, I wouldn't have downloaded and installed this app.  Completely worthless to me at this point. 

 

I agree I also cannot use the software as it is now, makes no sense for me as well.

 

A simple tool to arrange the icons on the desktop as "I" want it, no automatic sorting and arranging. It is realy a "drama" ...   

 

And it should work with more than 1 screen  - I have 3 monitors right now. My laptop and 2 external screens

 

Best regards,

 

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Reply #5 June 7, 2022 6:14:49 PM
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Is there any movement on this turning off of auto-arrange?  I am demoing Fences4 now and when I move an icon to another place within the same fence, it snaps back immediately to near where it was originally.

I looked at earlier posts on this and there have been people requesting up to ten years ago.

Can I configure Fences4 to do this ?

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Reply #6 June 7, 2022 6:44:30 PM
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Quoting Bansaw,
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Can I configure Fences4 to do this ?
In a fence - yes, in a folder portal - no. For fences, be sure to right click the fence and select "sort by" none. Sorting in folder portals obviously follow explorer sorting rules.

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Reply #7 June 7, 2022 7:34:55 PM
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Quoting JanOscar,
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Quoting Bansaw,

reply 5

Can I configure Fences4 to do this ?

In a fence - yes, in a folder portal - no. For fences, be sure to right click the fence and select "sort by" none. Sorting in folder portals obviously follow explorer sorting rules.

Thanks for the response.

However, I do have that option selected.  Is there any other Fences4 configuration tweaks I need, because "sort by: none" is just snapping the icon back into place.  

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Reply #8 June 7, 2022 8:16:00 PM
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Hello Bansaw,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. From your video, you're trying to move that icon to stay at the bottom row, yes? If that is the case, no, that cannot be done. Fences, currently, have no option to disable "auto arrange". It always arranging icons starting from the top left etc. There were lots of feature request made by others on this. But, so far no news on this one yet.

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Reply #9 June 8, 2022 8:20:23 AM
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Quoting basj,
reply 8

Hello Bansaw,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. From your video, you're trying to move that icon to stay at the bottom row, yes? If that is the case, no, that cannot be done. Fences, currently, have no option to disable "auto arrange". It always arranging icons starting from the top left etc. There were lots of feature request made by others on this. But, so far no news on this one yet.

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Thanks.  Its baffling why this feature has not been introduced.   I've seen threads going back 10 years requesting this feature.

I have Fences on 30 day trial, and the lack of this feature is impacting my decision to buy it.  I want to be able to spot a shortcut quickly, not spend time eye-scanning the whole fence.

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Reply #10 June 8, 2022 10:17:11 AM
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Quoting Bansaw,
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I want to be able to spot a shortcut quickly, not spend time eye-scanning the whole fence.
Wouldn't creating another fence containing your most frequently used shortcuts solve your issue? It does for me.

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Reply #11 June 8, 2022 10:33:18 AM
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Quoting JanOscar,
reply 10


Quoting Bansaw,
reply 9

I want to be able to spot a shortcut quickly, not spend time eye-scanning the whole fence.

Wouldn't creating another fence containing your most frequently used shortcuts solve your issue? It does for me.

true, that might work, although it does make the Fences footprint a little larger.

I'm just interested in why they didn't implement this feature.  Fences does some tricky Windows magic to sit between the OS and the Desktop, surely this feature by comparison is easy to include.

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Reply #12 June 22, 2022 12:19:47 PM
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Ok  so why is this so hard to do? Turn off auto arrange so Icons can be placed anywhere in the Fence Window?  I started with 2.11.  Just upgraded to 4.0 so what gives?  It would be nice to get an answer as to when or why not for this feature.  thanks

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Reply #13 June 22, 2022 12:52:46 PM
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Hello, wmwotawa2

Sorry to hear you are having issues.

To be clear your saying you can't un check auto arrange to turn off in v4 ?

 


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Reply #14 January 13, 2023 12:09:54 PM
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All I wanted to do was place my Recycle bin in a funny place outside of a fence ;-; Guess I never can with this app

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Reply #15 January 13, 2023 12:28:12 PM
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Quoting CookedMustard,
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All I wanted to do was place my Recycle bin in a funny place outside of a fence ;-; Guess I never can with this app
Of course you can. You just have to make sure Fences is unlocked (right click on your desktop and choose view) and then you can place/drag the recycle bin wherever you want on your desktop. The screenshot is from Windows 10, but in Windows 11 you have to click view more options to access that setting.


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Reply #16 October 7, 2024 11:32:31 AM
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What is the status of this feature?  It has been 3 years now and I have to agree with other comments posted.  This is one of the reasons I got the software to help me put icons into buckets and arrange the way I want.

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Reply #17 October 7, 2024 11:48:09 AM
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Quoting shuston,
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What is the status of this feature?  It has been 3 years now and I have to agree with other comments posted.  This is one of the reasons I got the software to help me put icons into buckets and arrange the way I want.

Sorry, but, nothing new to report on this one.

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Reply #18 December 12, 2024 5:16:38 PM
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Is this at least on or remaining on the development list? This is a major enhancement that I believe would be meaningful to many users.

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Reply #19 December 12, 2024 7:52:27 PM
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Nothing new to report on this request.

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