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[redorbroder]

Hello SilverAzide!
I hope all is well with you in these troubled times.
Love my gadgets, still haven't made the leap to the latest versions...
I'm a coward... haha. Still on Win10...

Using Gadgets 5.5.1 | HWiNFO64-4360 | Rainmeter 4.5.17.3700 (64-bit)
Have you got any tips on how I can resolve this?
Check the picture. Not a big deal, it's so much fun fiddling with different color schemes on the gadgets.

Have a great day, kind regards
redorbroder

[SilverAzide]

Hello SilverAzide!
I hope all is well with you in these troubled times.
Love my gadgets, still haven't made the leap to the latest versions...
I'm a coward... haha. Still on Win10...

Using Gadgets 5.5.1 | HWiNFO64-4360 | Rainmeter 4.5.17.3700 (64-bit)
Have you got any tips on how I can resolve this?
Check the picture. Not a big deal, it's so much fun fiddling with different color schemes on the gadgets.

Have a great day, kind regards
redorbroder

Hello! Nice hearing from you again! You definitely need to upgrade to the latest Gadgets. They work fine on Windows 10... I would always keep your Gadgets updated to the latest versions, and use the new update checker to keep synced.

For the calendar, the background on the weekdays is controlled by a style. Open the file @Resources\CalendarStyles.inc. Find the meter [LblTxtSty]. The SolidColor, SolidColor2, and GradiantAngle options control the appearance.

For the clocks, these are variants and are not intended to be run at the same time (variants are intended to run one variant or the other, not both). That is why you have doubled chimes, alarms, etc. You will need to disable the chimes/alarms by manually editing one of the skins. Choose which skin you want to modify and open it for editing. At the top of the skin, at the end of the [Variables] section, add the following:

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Alarm1Disabled=1
Alarm2Disabled=1
ChimeDisabled=1

This will permanently disable the alarms and hourly chimes for this skin; the other skin will work normally.

[redorbroder]

Hello SilverAzide!

Thanks! Your tip worked perfectly! As usual, of course!
I wanted to turnoff the audio note and the wrench,
the audio note worked fine but I couldn't find where to turnoff the wrench in Digital Clock,
it is greyed now so something did affect it.
Do you have an idea if this is possible, to completely turn the wrench off?
Like in the example? Cosmetics of course, but it looks damn nice on the desktop...


I know, I should upgrade Gadgets, but I hesitate,
have an older computer that still works as it should, it is slow and sometimes sluggish, but it works.
Some applications I use often, apps that are constantly updated,
the computer and CPU+GPU have a hard time keeping up with them.
Even Windows 10 is starting to take more and more power.

I myself am getting older, now retired, and don't have as much stress tolerance anymore,
and a slow computer can be really stressful.
Plenty of time though, which can compensate for the stress, little by little...
So I'm thinking, if I can afford it, I will build a new PC with better CPU+GPU and then,
then it will be either W10 or W11 and NEW versions of Gadgets.
Hmm... maybe I should play on the Lotto?

Have a great day, kind regards
redorbroder

[SilverAzide]

I wanted to turnoff the audio note and the wrench,
the audio note worked fine but I couldn't find where to turnoff the wrench in Digital Clock,
it is greyed now so something did affect it.
Do you have an idea if this is possible, to completely turn the wrench off?

If you are referring to the little gray dot, yes, you can turn that off completely.

Edit the skin and look for the measure [CalcSoundConfig]. Change the following line:

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IfTrueAction4=[!SetOption MeterChime FontColor "128,128,128,255"][!UpdateMeter "MeterChime"][!Redraw]

to this:

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IfTrueAction4=[!SetOption MeterChime FontColor "128,128,128,0"][!UpdateMeter "MeterChime"][!Redraw]

(i.e., change the "255" to "0"). All this does is make the dot transparent.

[redorbroder]

Hello again!

I couldn't make that happen, it didn't stick.
Perhaps I was vague about what I meant to do.
The grey dot, when hover mousepoint over, it shows the wrench/settings.
Is it possible to completely turn that off? Make it transparent?

Sorry for the confusion, have a look at it if you have the time, it's not a biggie for me,
I am an esthete through and through... practice makes perfect.

Have a great day, kind regards,
redorbroder

[SilverAzide]

Hello again!

I couldn't make that happen, it didn't stick.
Perhaps I was vague about what I meant to do.
The grey dot, when hover mousepoint over, it shows the wrench/settings.
Is it possible to completely turn that off? Make it transparent?

Sorry for the confusion, have a look at it if you have the time, it's not a biggie for me,
I am an esthete through and through... practice makes perfect.

Have a great day, kind regards,
redorbroder

OH! My bad, I see what you mean now. If you want to turn off the little wrench icon, edit the skin and at the very top of the file in the [Rainmeter] section, comment out the two "Mouse..Action" lines, like so:

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; MouseOverAction=[!SetOption ...
; MouseLeaveAction=[!SetOption ...

I think that is all that is needed. You'll want to keep all that stuff about the dot too, so nothing will display there.

[redorbroder]

Hello again!

Perfection... Thank you so much, you're my hero!

Wish me luck...lottery tonight!!

Have a great day, kind regards,
redorbroder

[philumax]

Good morning.
I was passing by...
The gadgets work god damn! There's no problem and I'm on Windows 11, last carat.
Everything's fine.
I just have a small question: sometimes I would like to deactivate all the gadgets, except one.
I know, I can do them by hand, but if I could get a shortcut on the desktop to do it for me, that would be great...
I searched, but I'm still floating, I haven't done any programming for a long time...
I suppose, that "rainmeter" must always be active, it is him which makes the support (which ensures the walk of the gadget).
How can I, with just one click, close the gadgets I don't need.
So I keep looking.
Otherwise, I repeat myself: everything works very well!
And thank you again!
See you.

[y0himba]

Create 2 layouts. 1 for the single gadget, one for the whole lot of them. I think you can even make shortcuts to the layouts.

[SilverAzide]

I searched, but I'm still floating, I haven't done any programming for a long time...
I suppose, that "rainmeter" must always be active, it is him which makes the support (which ensures the walk of the gadget).
How can I, with just one click, close the gadgets I don't need.
So I keep looking.
Otherwise, I repeat myself: everything works very well!
And thank you again!

Hello! As y0himba suggested, you can use Rainmeter Layouts to accomplish this task. I use different layouts for when when I'm on just my laptop screen and another when I have external monitors connected.

To do this, arrange all the Gadgets in the locations you want. Then open the Rainmeter Manage window and select the Layout tab. Enter a name for your layout and click Save. Next, unload all the Gadgets until just the one you want is showing, and repeat the process and save the layout with a different name. To switch between layouts just select the one you want in the "Saved Layouts" list and click Load.

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Once you have some layouts saved, you can also right-click the Rainmeter icon and pick your layout from the Layouts menu.

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Hope this helps!