Window resizing-wierd toolbar remnants
Why does this happen?
Monday, February 12, 2007 by I.R. Brainiac | Discussion: WindowBlinds
I only see this in Explorer and IE windows.(all my skins that have any detail at the right side of the toolbar)
Firefox does not do this.Of course it disappears if you rollup or move another window over it.
All versions of wb have done this on all my pc's.
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I.R. Brainiac
Reply #42 Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:35 AM
Reply #42 Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:35 AM
hello Neil...not so concerned with why...wanna know if it is possible to please fix. 
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #43 Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:38 AM
I thought WB was handling the repainting?
Reply #43 Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:38 AM
This is due to a problem in Explorer / IE and how they try to avoid excessive repaints on the toolbar when resizing.
I thought WB was handling the repainting?
Neil Banfield
Reply #44 Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:50 AM
Reply #44 Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:50 AM
The control / app decides what needs repainting in this case.
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #45 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:06 AM
Reply #45 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:06 AM
WB is capable of sending a repaint command...something along the lines of the way WB does the Optimize resizing performance with Cleartype maybe 
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Resize...repaint.
?Resize...repaint.
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Reply #41 Saturday, September 22, 2007 7:42 AM
This is due to a problem in Explorer / IE and how they try to avoid excessive repaints on the toolbar when resizing.
If you look very carefully you will see similar issues with Windows XP style. Resize the window small and move another window over it to ensure it has fully repainted. Then expand it really wide. Now look near the horizontal lines and you will see it has not repainted them correctly.
If you have the address bar on the right then it is even more obvious. Move another window up over the bottom half of the toolbar and then away again and you should see a visible difference between the repainted area and the non repainted area.
It is less obvious with Windows XP style simply because the toolbar background graphic colours are all very similar.