Detecting Skin Distance from Edge of Monitor

[Wallboy]

If you ever want to know when your skin comes within some distance from a certain side of your screen, the following formulas will calculate just that. They are essentially the exact same as what Rainmeter internally uses to calculate monitor edge snapping.

Left Edge Formula:

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(#CURRENTCONFIGX# < #DistanceFromEdge# + #WORKAREAX#) && (#CURRENTCONFIGX# > #WORKAREAX# - #DistanceFromEdge#)

Right Edge Formula:

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(#CURRENTCONFIGX# < #DistanceFromEdge# + #WORKAREAX# + #WORKAREAWIDTH# - #CURRENTCONFIGWIDTH#) && (#CURRENTCONFIGX# > -#DistanceFromEdge# + #WORKAREAX# + #WORKAREAWIDTH# - #CURRENTCONFIGWIDTH#)

Top Edge Formula:

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(#CURRENTCONFIGY# < #DistanceFromEdge# + #WORKAREAY#) && (#CURRENTCONFIGY# > #WORKAREAY# - #DistanceFromEdge#)

Bottom Edge Formula:

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(#CURRENTCONFIGY# < #DistanceFromEdge# + #WORKAREAY# + #WORKAREAHEIGHT# - #CURRENTCONFIGHEIGHT#) && (#CURRENTCONFIGY# > -#DistanceFromEdge# + #WORKAREAY# + #WORKAREAHEIGHT# - #CURRENTCONFIGHEIGHT#)

The only user variable that you need to change is DistanceFromEdge. This variable is the distance that from your skin to the edge of the work area that will make these formulas return true.

IMPORTANT: In order for this to work across all your monitors and not just your primary monitor, you must set the display position setting to auto-select. Right click your skin, and choose Settings -> Position -> Display Monitor -> Auto-select based on window position.

I have included a simple demonstration skin. Drag the skin to your monitor/s edges (if you have a multi-monitor setup, be sure to make the setting change above). Play with the DistanceFromEdge variable in the skin to have the formulas trigger further/closer to the edge of your screen.