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[20080326] New: TopBar Gauge

Hi all.
I've created new software which show on top of your start menu a horizontal gauge you can see it, download, and read how to write plugin here:
http://www.xiaprojects.com/?section=All&project=TopBar&action=screenshots
thank you.
PS: if you like to do some on your start menu tell me, because TopBar is plugin based so I can write code to do it. "may be a iphone topbar with signal always displayed"

I will give it a try
stefanux said:
Hi all.
I've created new software which show on top of your start menu a horizontal gauge you can see it, download, and read how to write plugin here:
http://www.xiaprojects.com/?section=All&project=TopBar&action=screenshots
thank you.
PS: if you like to do some on your start menu tell me, because TopBar is plugin based so I can write code to do it. "may be a iphone topbar with signal always displayed"
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I will give it a try. and update

stefanux said:
Hi all.
PS: if you like to do some on your start menu tell me, because TopBar is plugin based so I can write code to do it. "may be a iphone topbar with signal always displayed"
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yeah.. would love to have that functionality.. windows topbar is crappy looking..
but would it be compatible with Mobile Shell taskbar gesture?
cause when using wisbar to skin the topbar, MS updown gesture (which start from topbar leftmost side and goes down) doesnt work. SPB forum says that it is because the topbar properties are hidden when skinning..
Thanks

oyegaurav83 said:
yeah.. would love to have that functionality.. windows topbar is crappy looking..
but would it be compatible with Mobile Shell taskbar gesture?
cause when using wisbar to skin the topbar, MS updown gesture (which start from topbar leftmost side and goes down) doesnt work. SPB forum says that it is because the topbar properties are hidden when skinning..
Thanks
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Yes... I will try to be compatible

stefanux said:
Yes... I will try to be compatible
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thanx... looking forward for your release..

Enlarged start menu - tips and help!

Hi, I'm in need of a working "enlarged start menu"-application on my SE X1. The thing is that I really much need it to be freeware, and I suppose that "XDA-Team Enlarged Start Menu" isn't (correct?). I'm thinking about developing the application myself, but I would like to know if anyone here has any information about where to start? Is is just a matter of changing some registry keys? XML-files? Thankful for all the help i can get!

as far as i understand, the XDA Enlarged Start Menu is just taken from one of the other HTC devices and is not "payware" or anything like that.
if anyone was developing an enlarged Start Menu, i'd love to see a kinda fullscreen version, this would make it much easier to navigate. kinda in the style of iContact or the latest volume control taken from Diamond. i don't really se why the start menu needs to be only a percentage of the screen size anyway, just seems like bad design, they've made it look like the Start Menu on a Windows Desktop PC so that we all know it's Windows, but have not actually thought about the interface being user friendly for a handheld device. for drunk people with fat fingers. like me.

Dr J said:
if anyone was developing an enlarged Start Menu, i'd love to see a kinda fullscreen version, this would make it much easier to navigate. kinda in the style of iContact or the latest volume control taken from Diamond. i don't really se why the start menu needs to be only a percentage of the screen size anyway, just seems like bad design, they've made it look like the Start Menu on a Windows Desktop PC so that we all know it's Windows, but have not actually thought about the interface being user friendly for a handheld device. for drunk people with fat fingers. like me.
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yes man, I absolutely agree !!! It´s funny, I never really thought about start menu, but now when I read your suggestion it just seems really crazy how much possibilities for improvement there are.
I thought about a completely customizable start menu, fullscreen.
Maybe with a kind of plugin system, volume / vib toggle, backlight strength slider, power off+soft-reset buttons....*sigh* THAT would be cool !
regards,
Martin

What about Touch Launcher http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433862

It´s a normal app, but I was talking about a REAL replacement. It should hide when I tap "Start" again, and, as I said, it should be really customizable.
To all devs out there: Is anyone interested in coding such an app ? I think this is desperatly needed to make WM a bit more usable, although there are already tons of good software out there.
regards,
Martin

m.schmidler said:
It´s a normal app, but I was talking about a REAL replacement. It should hide when I tap "Start" again, and, as I said, it should be really customizable.
To all devs out there: Is anyone interested in coding such an app ? I think this is desperatly needed to make WM a bit more usable, although there are already tons of good software out there.
regards,
Martin
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Did u try Quickmenu 2.7?

Mikulec said:
Did u try Quickmenu 2.7?
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hmmm, main thing i want is fullscreen. that one seems nice feature-wise, but it's not what i'm after.
devs, do any of you know how they changed the size of the Start Menu from the old style to the new enlarged one?
if we know how to do this then maybe we can hack the existing app to at least lengthen right across the width of the screen... or if it was hacked with a config we could pick how many items we wanted...
this could be a great project for the coders!

Mikulec said:
Did u try Quickmenu 2.7?
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Well, quickmenu is _almost_ perfect. If it only was more finger-friendly. Being able to scroll trough menus like in icontact and all so many other apps would be great for it, but at least having twice as big menu entries would be enough in most cases. It has all the features needed, it just mimicks the original start menu a bit too much

Touch menu from touch commander suite is exactly what you want,and it has and application menu enlarged. Unfortunaly its not freeware.

Here is little something about system fonts:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms901091.aspx
By changing some registry values you can change size of start menu (including font size etc.) and popup menu as well.

Andreal said:
Here is little something about system fonts:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms901091.aspx
By changing some registry values you can change size of start menu (including font size etc.) and popup menu as well.
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Ohh thankyou! But, using PHM Regedit I've tried changing the Ht-value for BarFnt, which didn't do anything. Perhaps you have some pointers to what I should try?

nelshh said:
Ohh thankyou! But, using PHM Regedit I've tried changing the Ht-value for BarFnt, which didn't do anything. Perhaps you have some pointers to what I should try?
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BarFnt values are for menu bars (for example: bottom bar in total commander).
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GWE\Menu\PopFnt
is for popup menu (screen 1 shows Ht value of 1200)
Truly, I don't know how to change start menu font size via registry.
If you want to have full screen menu try mort buttons

can you launch mort buttons by tapping Start on the screen?

maybe by editing the registry ?

If anyone can duplicate the Touch Commander one it would be perfect. I have touchcommander but do not use it anymore, unfortunately you have to install the whole program to be able to use the Large menu option.
The great thing about it is it enlarges menus in all programs.

Sorry for bringing up an older thread, but I think this is still unsolved!
I also would like to have a fullscreen start menu. I tried quickmenu 2.8,but it just isnt what Im looking for. For me it would be fine if clicking on the start menu would bring up a dialog like when you click startmenu -- programs.
Hope that someone has an idea!

QUICKMENU 2.8 for me too... ^_^
I'd only add that scroll movement and ability to customize the start icon (it already does this, but only with one icon).

Dialer and start menu from touch pro 2

I tried itje's 4.0rc3.1 and it is awsome. For me not ready for daily use though. Question, is there a cab for the new dialer (because it works flawlessly in landscape unlike the blackstone one). Also, can the new start menu be used without TF3D? Is there a cab for that, or does that come with TF3D 2? How about the youtube from the TP2? I am guessing/hoping that has landscape support.

bumping this up - have the same question A cab would be awesome

laser21 said:
bumping this up - have the same question A cab would be awesome
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To answer my own question, it does come from TF3D. The programs tab from TF3D has become the new start menu. It is possible to revert to the old start menu and reinstate the programs tab. Also, if you disable TF3D, old start menu comes back.

JKingDev said:
To answer my own question, it does come from TF3D. The programs tab from TF3D has become the new start menu. It is possible to revert to the old start menu and reinstate the programs tab. Also, if you disable TF3D, old start menu comes back.
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So I would have to install the new TF3D(from Rhodium) to get this running, right?

laser21 said:
So I would have to install the new TF3D(from Rhodium) to get this running, right?
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Yes, install and you must enable it.

What about the dialer? Could that be available as a cab install for Xperia R2A stock ROM?

Does anyone know about any other way to set the start menu to display a bigger menu - easier to tap while driving - then the enlarged menu?
Thanks

laser21 said:
Does anyone know about any other way to set the start menu to display a bigger menu - easier to tap while driving - then the enlarged menu?
Thanks
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Quick Menu (Try the Menu item edge option in the View tab.)

[REQ] WM 6.5 lock slider

Hi everyone!
can someone change WM 6.5 lock, so when I slide it to left it opens start menu and when i slide it to right it opens home screen, or tell me how to do it?
does something like that already exist?
thanks for reply!

I see there is no interest in this thread...

i did not heard about it yet...

Don't know if it's possible without the lock API opened up.

blaz.andrejcic said:
Hi everyone!
can someone change WM 6.5 lock, so when I slide it to left it opens start menu and when i slide it to right it opens home screen, or tell me how to do it?
does something like that already exist?
thanks for reply!
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its has something to do with the CPR of the lockscreen

xda2_haseeb said:
its has something to do with the CPR of the lockscreen
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can you tell me exactly which file do I need to edit?
I'll try to do it myself...I know basics of programing (finished 4 years of computer science school)

\Windows\LS_LockScene_480x640.cpr
(the filename depends of course on your screens' resolution)
I'm going to look into it myself.

4 Rows in 6.5 start menu

I have just installed the official 6.5 WWE upgrade. I want to change the honeycomb start menu to show 4 or 5 rows instead of 3. I have installed a couple of options from searching here but they do not not seem to work. Can anybody help?

yeah i too would also like to know this, having 4 icons per row looks much better in my opinion, and doesn't take as long to scroll to the bottom!

Same here, anyone??

Here! These are all some I have collected over here in this forum. Enjoy.
LCW is 5 columns in a row.

Any way we can get links to the threads to see previews on what these will look like??

venomshot629 said:
Any way we can get links to the threads to see previews on what these will look like??
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just tried them out:
Ark_Hexagon 4 row.cab - gave a honeycomb style (with honeycomb outline)
WM6.5 Start Menu 4 7.cab - didn't work for me (however didn't soft reset so thats probably why lol)
BharS StartMenu Grid WVGA.cab - Is exactly what we were looking for, 4 icon wide start menu!
Thanks ai6908!

cd993 said:
just tried them out:
Ark_Hexagon 4 row.cab - gave a honeycomb style (with honeycomb outline)
WM6.5 Start Menu 4 7.cab - didn't work for me (however didn't soft reset so thats probably why lol)
BharS StartMenu Grid WVGA.cab - Is exactly what we were looking for, 4 icon wide start menu!
Thanks ai6908!
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You have to SR after install in order for it to work.
Ark and LCW are honeycomb versions. Others do not have honeycomb in them.
Sorry no patience for screenshots yet...maybe when i get more time...

ai6908 said:
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I like the honeycomb versions.
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Thanks!.. how about the Sense UI's "Programs"? Does it have working 4 columns cabs for it?

Thanks I was also looking for this. Are there any way of decreasing / increasing the size of the start menu icons?

radiowc said:
Thanks!.. how about the Sense UI's "Programs"? Does it have working 4 columns cabs for it?
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i think u are looking for this. working perfectly for me.

stoutseun said:
Thanks I was also looking for this. Are there any way of decreasing / increasing the size of the start menu icons?
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Yup it can be done. Edit the cpr files in the cab with notepad.

kartun7 said:
i think u are looking for this. working perfectly for me.
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Doesn't works well, a bit out of line, i don't hink this is for WVGA.

ISO-8859-1__Showaco All_Programsv4.1_4ICON.cab
does not work for me with WM 6.5 Sense 2.1, icons and letters are cut.
Is there another tool/cab?

Is it possible to remove the Start Menu Wall paper totally, I like to have a plain black background. I have been searching and googling for it, but it seems that so far none has posted anything on it. Not for the TF3D2, but just only the Start Menu background.
Can it be done?