Vertical taskbar Start button
Monday, July 13, 2009 by I.R. Brainiac | Discussion: Skinning
On Vista my Start button moves around,centering horizontally on the taskbar...really looks screwed up.
How do I make it stay left aligned like in XP?
Reply #3 Monday, July 13, 2009 4:51 PM
This was a case where I though:
Ha...gonna figure it out before The Brain! 
I'll have admitt defeat..........Sorry 
Reply #4 Monday, July 13, 2009 4:57 PM
U have the 'center the start button' setting turned on in WB config perhaps? Not sure what u mean by.. moves around ?
Reply #5 Monday, July 13, 2009 5:03 PM
I think he means the the startbutton stays centered when resizing the vertical taskbar instead of staying left justified as he wants it.
Reply #7 Monday, July 13, 2009 5:07 PM
yes,I want it to stay left...and no,I dont have center turned on in WB config or the skin...thats for centering vertically on horizontal taskbars as far as I can tell.
Reply #8 Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:10 AM
I believe it has to do with the position of the start button on its image strip. Since Vista's start button is not left-justified like XP's, then a skinned Vista start button will not quite behave like a skinned XP button. I have run into this as well.
The only solution I can think of is to include a separate substyle for vertical taskbars with a modified start button which is positioned in its image strip further to the left.
I don't know for a fact that this is the right answer, but this is my take on it.
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:07 PM
That gives me an idea...time to try some hand coding. 
substyles are one way to go but...I already have 16 XP styles...more is not appealing.
Reply #10 Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:14 PM
Adding 'TextHorzAlignNormal=1' had no effect.
Reply #11 Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:35 AM
I hate it when I try to hand code something and it does absolutely nothing. 
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Reply #1 Monday, July 13, 2009 4:24 AM
also...dragging the taskbar from horizontal to vertical or vice versa causes the quicklaunch buttons to display the wrong set...at least til you re-apply the skin.
That would be confusing to a user who didnt know this...XP applies the correct set.(Vista does not)