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Title Buttons

Available in: Actual Window Manager, Actual Title Buttons, Actual Transparent Window, Actual Window Minimizer, Actual Window Rollup.

The Title Buttons feature allows the supplement of Windows®' standard set of system Standard Title Buttons: Minimize, Maximize/Restore, Close Minimize, Maximize/Restore and Close title buttons with an enhanced set of new and innovative ones. These new buttons provide access to the following Actual Tools programs' actions:

  • AltMin button AltMin - left-click this button to minimize the window by a user-configured method other than Windows®' default minimize to taskbar. Right-click this button to display a list of context menu options where you can select on-the-fly the best minimization method for a given situation, adjust minimization options, or cancel minimization capability altogether:

    AltMin button context menu

  • Roll Up button Roll Up - left-click this button to roll up the window. Left-click it again to unroll the window.
  • Stay Always-On-Top button Stay Always-On-Top - left-click this button to place and keep the window on top of the others. Left-click it again to let the window be covered by the others.
  • Send to Bottom button Send to Bottom - left-click this button to place the window under all the others.
  • Make Transparent button Make Transparent - left-click this button to change the transparency to a defined level. Left-click it again to restore the previous transparency level. Right-click this button to display the trackbar control that allows you quickly and easily set the desired transparency level on-the-fly - drag the slider to see the effect:

    Setting transparency on-the-fly

  • Align Window button Align - left-click this button to align the window in the manner specified in the Configuration Module. Left-click it again to move the window to its previous position. Right-click this button to display a list of context menu options where you can select from the full range of alignment methods available:

    Align Window Context Menu

  • Resize Window button Resize - left-click this button to resize the window to the user-defined default specified in the Configuration Module. Left-click it again to restore the window to its previous size. Right-click this button to display a list of context menu options where you can either select from a full range of predefined sizes or specify custom window dimensions on-the-fly as circumstances require:

    Resize Window Context Menu

  • Change Priority button Change Program Priority - left-click this button to change the priority level to the user-defined default specified in the Configuration Module. Right-click this button to display a list of context menu options where you can access the current priority setting and change it as circumstances require:

    Change Priority Context Menu

  • Ghost button Ghost - left-click this button to "ghost" the window.
  • Move to Monitor button Move to Monitor - left-click this button to move a window to the monitor that is assigned in your system as next to that one the desired window currently resides at. Right-click this button to display a list of context menu options where you can access the current monitor setting and change it as circumstances require:

    Move to Monitor Context Menu

  • Unused Buttons button Unused Buttons - this button is useful in the case you don't want to overburden your windows' titles with rarely used buttons but nevertheless want to have access to their functions. Right-click it to call the context menu which contains all the commands of currently unused buttons:

    Unused Buttons Context Menu

    You can also left-click this button. First time it will show the same menu as for the right-click but when you select something from this menu the selected function will be assigned to this button so, for example, you will be able to quickly change the transparency as if you would use the normal Make Transparent button. Selecting another function from the context menu will reassign this button to the selected function.
  • Copy to Clipboard button Copy to Clipboard - left-click this button to copy the data (either text, graphics or object) currently selected in the window to the Windows® clipboard. Using this button (and its Paste from Clipboard relative) to operate with the clipboard is far more quicker than using the commands of the same name in window's Edit menu, especially when using such alternative input device as touch screen (for example, on Tablet PC).
  • Paste from Clipboard button Paste from Clipboard - left-click this button to paste the data (either text, graphics or object) from the Windows® clipboard to the window. This button is complementary to the Copy to Clipboard button and should be used after you copied something to clipboard.
  • Manage Window Settings button Manage Window Settings - use this button to access the window settings commands in a single click (either left or right). For example, if you need to reset the settings of your window then you can quickly click this button and select the "Reapply settings" command in the appeared menu. Alternatively, you can easily create the specific settings for a particular window by clicking this button and then selecting the "Create specific settings for this window" command.

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 Last modified: June 20, 2007.