[ChristianS]

No, maybe an application which take the focus. The stack close when the focus is lost.
see new version for your problem...

[ChristianS]

new 2.0.2 :

- option : don't close stack on focus lost.
( run shortcut again to close the stack )

[Skrell]

you've done it you magnificent bastard!! i can finally use this excellent tool! what about the option to close the stack upon the left mouse button being pressed a second time since you can use ctrl+left click to browse folders? or am i being greedy?

PS: the delete stack function does not work..it simply closes standalonestack.exe
PPS: Also, when the stack opens it opens ON TOP of the shortcut so i can't double click it again. Basically the distance from the shortcut to the stack needs to be greater.

This post has been edited by Skrell: 05 June 2009 - 02:07 AM

[Smaky]

@ChristianS,

It seems there is still some bug in the new version. Although it now prevents stacks from opening more than once, it now takes many clicks to actually get the stack to open, it works a bit better when you double click the icon, but that's a bit odd for a docklet, but still you have to double click at least twice to get the stack to show.

I'm testing it under Windows 7 RC, both, as a desktop shortcut and as pinned to the taskbar. In both cases I need to double click repeatedly to get the stack shown.

Update I'm not sure why, but it seems it is working now... I just killed the Standalonestack process and openend the stacks again, and now I am not facing the double click thing anymore... I'll post if I am able to reproduce it again.

It seems to me that if you are controlling the show/hide of the stack via a flag then it must be getting updated wrongly.

Edit. Another little thingy... how come it is not possible to rename stacks... once you have saved it, it is not possible to rename them. Of course, it is possible to edit the .ini file manually, it was just it seemed odd. It might be related to the fact that after renaming a stack, all shortcuts already created will not work anymore... but I think that a warning or something similar would suffice to alert the user of that.

Edit. One more... although you can change the stacks setting to show the fan downwards, and to the left & right, currently matonga's stacklib does not support it. I think it might be useful to disable the direction combo when fan is selected, and or revert to grid if any of those directions are selected.

Edit. And another... When you have created multiple stack shortcuts on your desktop, and you open one but does not close it (either because you did not lost the focus or because the option not to hide was is set), and then you click on another shortcut (in my case pinned to the taskbar), the previously opened stack will be hidden but the new is not being shown. it would be nice if the previously openen stack gets hidden but the new one is shown. Of course if you click the very same stack shortcut tha opened it in the first place, then it will be simply hidden.

Suggestion. I've noticed that when an application does not have a nice vista compatible icon (say 256x256) then you revert to show the normal icon (I believe it might be the 32x32 or 48x48 one) scaled to whatever size is selected. I believe that It would be better to show something similar to what explorer.exe does, it does not scale the icon but show it at its normal resolution centered in an squate sized to the rest of the icons... do you think it may be possible to do something like this with your app?

BTW I love the directory broswing stuff!

This post has been edited by Smaky: 05 June 2009 - 06:46 AM

[glitch00]

Hi ChristianS!

I've been subscribed in your RSS feed ever since I discovered your first version of Standalone Stack. I really love your version 2 and even associated it with one of my multimedia hotkeys. Very very useful!

I have a couple of suggestions though. First, can the hover color apply to every icon and not just the ones with long filenames?

Also, can each stack have its own unique grid settings. So far the only workaround is to make two copies of the program each with different settings so this change isn't that important.

Thanks so much, this has to be one of the best mini-tools ever.

[Smaky]

This is something that comes from stacklib and not from standalone stack. Matonga should update it to support such usage.

glitch00, on Jun 5th 2009, 08:41 AM, said:

I have a couple of suggestions though. First, can the hover color apply to every icon and not just the ones with long filenames?

@ChristianS,

Today I have been facing the double-click problem every now and then... killing the process did not helped.

[glitch00]

Was afraid that would be the case. I apologize for that suggestion. Thanks!

[jason11]

There is a problem with 2.0.2

When I double click on a desktop shortcut or one click on a shortcut in the faststartmenu (near "Start") the stack doesn't open. I have to click one time agin on it. This happens on every click again.

[Smaky]

jason11, on Jun 5th 2009, 05:32 PM, said:

There is a problem with 2.0.2

When I double click on a desktop shortcut or one click on a shortcut in the faststartmenu (near "Start") the stack doesn't open. I have to click one time agin on it. This happens on every click again.

This is what I was trying to explain.

[ahmadus]

Works Great for me man
really this is amazing
i'll post a screen shot as soon as possible
great update buddy thank you very much

[ChristianS]

New : 2.0.3 - fix release

- fix the bug reported by Smaky : stack doesn't open.
- you can now open many stacks at same time ( check "don't close stack on focus lost" )

[Smaky]

@Chrisitian,

ChristianS, on Jun 7th 2009, 07:34 AM, said:

New : 2.0.3 - fix release

- fix the bug reported by Smaky : stack doesn't open.
- you can now open many stacks at same time ( check "don't close stack on focus lost" )

Thamks for the fix, it is now working really great.

Do you think that the icon issue could be solved?

[Elevati0n]

Awesome update ChristianS
But I have a question...How can i set individual icon image for every stack i have made. What is the way for that?
I read smth about " put image in png format in a subfolder images" smth like .name of stack.png but nothing works.
Thanx in advance

[ChristianS]

Elevati0n, on Jun 8th 2009, 12:04 PM, said:

Awesome update ChristianS
But I have a question...How can i set individual icon image for every stack i have made. What is the way for that?
I read smth about " put image in png format in a subfolder images" smth like .name of stack.png but nothing works.
Thanx in advance

yes, and in the option, check "use custom icons".

In the standalonestack directory, there is a subdir named "images" where there are some png (examples). these png are the custom icons :
.txt.png for example is the custom icon for all .txt files.
folder.png is icon for all folders.

you should specified the name of the stack item with .png at the end to do a custon icon, for example : my precious documents.png to associate your folder "my precious documents" to this icon.
':' is deleted in the name, so the name "local drive (c:)" should be associate to <local drive (c ).png> ( <-- without space after c )

This post has been edited by ChristianS: 08 June 2009 - 01:42 PM

[Elevati0n]

Yeap...I tried that.
Nothing works...
Maybe is my Win 7? Some incompatibilities with Win7...

who knows...
Anyway thank for u quick answer

[apfel]

Bug:
- When stack set "Open as: Stack" and "Direction: Down" it still open the stack upward.
- The grid opens over the icon and not above/beneath

Suggestion:
- Option to set the position of the stack/grid to topmost,desktop,normal
- and keep stack open after starting a link or something else.
- right-click menu for files/folders

This post has been edited by apfel: 10 June 2009 - 02:01 AM

[Smaky]

@apfel,

apfel, on Jun 9th 2009, 04:56 PM, said:

Bug:
- When stack set "Open as: Stack" and "Direction: Down" it still open the stack upward.

Stacks only work upwards... for any other direction you should select grid. BTW, this is not Christian's fault, stacklib which is used by standalone stack (developed by matonga) does not yet support stack for any other direction but upwards.

[ChristianS]

New : 2.0.4

- better folder browsing. you can now explore drive, drive shortcut, directory shortcut and zip fles in stack.
- new "go back" icon - and the text is now "Go Back <previous folder>"
- go back to first folder : hold CTRL key while clicking on "Go Back"


( old version 2.0.3 can be found here :old 2.0.3 )

[technosinner]

Dude you have so much talent it's scary $10 says Christian will have a fulle file explorer replacement by the end of the year!!

Thanks for your hard labour. T'es le meilleur mec!

[wlack]

The new 2.04 version works fine. Thanks. Please, will it be possible to quickly edit a few words of the program? (thanks to the AjaxTrans web)

La nouvelle version marche très très bien. Merci beaucoup, Christian.
J'ai, en tout cas, un petit désir: lorsqu'on n'est pas angloparlant on veut éditer quelques mots du programme (tels que l'accès au explorer, très necessaire pour ajouter plus d'accès directs). Avec la première version c'était possible de traduire quelque chose, mais pas avec la v.2. (merci mes professeurs de français)