Desktop Icon Grouping

[PrimalOrB]

Hey, this is a little odd to explain I guess

before discovering rainmeter I used to photoshop little icon grouping ares onto my desktop background (group together programs, games, folders, etc)

now i've made similar items in rainmeter and added in things like network and cpu/ram meters etc, but i'm wondering if there is a way I can make it so that I can place icons on top of these pieces.

I'm using windows 7 x64 and have a wallpaper shuffle on if that makes any difference

I know I can make icons as buttons with rainmeter, but I don't really want to as I change around what is on my desktop relatively often

if anyone has any sort of idea or need more information, please reply

thanks


PrimalOrB


attached is showing the photoshopped area on the left and the rainmeter version on the right
i am unable to place icons over the rainmeter one

[maminscris]

if you want a launcher here is some inspiration http://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2470&p=17877#p17500 download the zip and have a look at the code.

you will use something like

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[MeterImage]
Meter=IMAGE
X=0
Y=0
W=150
H=150
ImageName=your image name
LeftMouseDownAction=!execute ["path to the what program you want"]

play with the x and y

and hope the above will help you

[PrimalOrB]

thanks for the reply

unfortunately thats what im hoping not to have to do

I have made icon buttons in rainmeter with no problems, but would rather just use the actual icons from the desktop (if that makes sense)

i know when i set the skin settings to "Front/Back Position" as Desktop it disappears (possibly the rotating desktop images), while if I set it to Bottom, it is visible but not able to move icons above

[JamesAC]

If you use the new beta builds the "On Desktop" issue has been fixed.

You will need to position your icons where you want them and then open the rainmeter skin on top. Then you will need to right click the skin, go to skin menu and select "click through". This will allow you to click on the icons through the skin.

[jsmorley]

Yes, just get the latest beta, set the skins to "On Desktop" with "Click Through" and uncheck "Draggable" and they will stay right where they are and you can put anything you want on top of them.

[JamesAC]

I'm not sure you can drag the icons on top of the skin, I tried it out and got a "forbidden" cursor. Thats why I said to position the icons first.

I guess it is because windows still treats the rainmeter skins as regular windows

[jsmorley]

I'm not sure you can drag the icons on top of the skin, I tried it out and got a "forbidden" cursor. Thats why I said to position the icons first.

I guess it is because windows still treats the rainmeter skins as regular windows

Ah.. You are right. I guess I never tried that before. Interesting.

[PrimalOrB]

alrighty, so i guess it does seem the be the order of operations, lol

does work though now like that, so thanks a lot everyone!