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How to make a pop up box for my "documents" folder
Posted: November 16th, 2017, 4:44 pm
by aliceeeeee
Hi guys! I'm new to Rainmeter but I have been making my own icons.
I saw this kind of skin before on my friend's laptop and i have no contact with him anymore so I was wondering how do I make a pop up box or just a typical box containing my "documents" folder files?
If you know how the pop up thing works please include all the necessary codes I need for it to work
Thank you!
Re: How to make a pop up box for my "documents" folder
Posted: November 16th, 2017, 5:12 pm
by balala
aliceeeeee wrote:I saw this kind of skin before on my friend's laptop and i have no contact with him anymore so I was wondering how do I make a pop up box or just a typical box containing my "documents" folder files?
Let's start with a simple string, later we can furtherly develop it to have what you want. Start with the following code:
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[Rainmeter]
Update=-1
[MeterDocuments]
Meter=STRING
X=0
Y=0
Padding=15,5,15,5
FontColor=220,220,220
SolidColor=0,0,0,150
FontSize=14
FontFace=Segoe UI
StringStyle=BOLD
StringAlign=LEFT
AntiAlias=1
Text=Documents
LeftMouseUpAction=[Shell:::{A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}]
The LeftMouseUpAction option of the [MeterDocuments] meter opens the Documents folder (details:
https://docs.rainmeter.net/tips/launching-windows-special-folders/).
If this works well let me know to furtherly assist you to create the "pop up box" (using the ActionTimer plugin).
Re: How to make a pop up box for my "documents" folder
Posted: November 17th, 2017, 3:27 am
by aliceeeeee
Thank you so much for replying!
the code worked well
Re: How to make a pop up box for my "documents" folder
Posted: November 17th, 2017, 3:49 pm
by balala
aliceeeeee wrote:Thank you so much for replying!
the code worked well
But would you like to develop it furtherly? Because in your initial request you wanted to create a "pop up box".
Re: How to make a pop up box for my "documents" folder
Posted: November 17th, 2017, 4:32 pm
by aliceeeeee
Ahhh yes please I wanted my documents folder to have a design I can customize so that if I clicked it I won't be looking at a plain documents folder.
Would that be possible?
Re: How to make a pop up box for my "documents" folder
Posted: November 17th, 2017, 4:57 pm
by balala
aliceeeeee wrote:Ahhh yes please I wanted my documents folder to have a design I can customize so that if I clicked it I won't be looking at a plain documents folder.
To be honest I don't understand. The icon should open what my previous code opens, or something else? I'm talking about an icon, because initially you've talked about one. And what you want to customize? The icon or the documents folder?
Could you be a bit more precise, please?
Re: How to make a pop up box for my "documents" folder
Posted: November 17th, 2017, 7:10 pm
by aliceeeeee
Really really sorry if I'm confusing
The icon is okay it did what it was supposed to do which was open the documents folder.
But the thing is I was hoping i could also customize the folder itself like how the document folder would look like if I clicked the icon.
I hope that made it somewhat clear?
Thank you so much for your patience
Re: How to make a pop up box for my "documents" folder
Posted: November 17th, 2017, 7:25 pm
by balala
aliceeeeee wrote:But the thing is I was hoping i could also customize the folder itself like how the document folder would look like if I clicked the icon.
But has this something to do with Rainmeter? I mean that customizing a folder is not something which could be done in Rainmeter. I think you should customize it, then, when you use Rainmeter to open it, it'll be opened customized.
Re: How to make a pop up box for my "documents" folder
Posted: November 17th, 2017, 7:29 pm
by aliceeeeee
Ahh so that's out of Rainmeter...
Well anyway, thank you a lot for your kind help
Re: How to make a pop up box for my "documents" folder
Posted: November 17th, 2017, 7:34 pm
by balala
You're welcome. Sorry, but at least me I don't see a way to do what you'd like, in Rainmeter.