Roll-up options needed

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We need a few options added to Fences Roll-up functionality:

1.  Always On Top - Need this option when pulling down a roll-up so it it goes OVER existing open windows on the desktop.  Currently we need to minimize all windows in the area where the roll-up will flow.  This is a big waste of time and sort of eliminates most of the roll-up benefits without an Always On Top option for roll-ups only.  Fences that don't roll-up (or temporarily held open) should not have AOT functionality activated.

2.  Roll-down Delay - as someone else has also noted, we need an option to setup a delay time to prevent unintended roll-up display due to errant mouse movement across the fence.

3.  Roll-up Delay - Similarly, we need a delay before the roll-up closes.  This is particularly problematic when you are trying to extend the display length by stretching, but slipping the mouse pointer even slightly beyond the end causes the roll-up to close.  This negates the attempt and it needs to be started all over again.

Thanks

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Hello,
I have forward your request to the Stardock Support Team for their review and recommendations.

Note: Item 1: If you have Fences 4 there is an toggle hotkey option to have fences to be ontop always.

We really do appreciate your feedback, Thanks

Thanks

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I have Fences 4.0.7.2 and there is no toggle hotkey option in this version.

 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

He is referring to these two:

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Those key combinations don't seem to do anything, but I have a somewhat complex setup:

Fences is running on a Windows 10 Virtual Machine (22H2) under the Proxmox hypervisor.  This machine is a race horse with several environments running under the hood.  This is my Windows daily driver.  I've considered using Microsoft's hypervisor, but it has poor capabilities when it comes to Linux and no support for containers.  The Microsoft hypervisor is great if you want to spin up a number of Windows environments, but this is not what I'm lookinhg for.

I connect to this environment using Microsoft Remote Desktop from another Windows 11 machine.  So far, I've found Windows 11 to be a bit buggy with Remote Desktop sometimes failing.  This machine is intended for testing Windows 11 but has limited ram capabilities (16GB).  I tend to have lots of tabs open in a given browser at any time.  This older machine isn't capable of more memory, so it is what it is.  In general, I've found Remote Desktop to be somewhat lacking with passing hotkey combinations.

I have 1GB networking between these machines running through a business class switch, so I doubt this has any impact.

So, what I'm suggesting is a checkbox setting in the roll-up fences group for Always on Top functionality for a rolled out fence, but only if it is not held rolled out by double click.

The delay suggestions should also be located here with delay fill-in boxes allowed in a numerical quantity in milliseconds.

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Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Let me second this feature request,

The On Top option when rolled up and the delays would both be a BIG help. PLEASE make that available - even if only through a registry modification. 

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