IconX "Zoomer" functionality broken?
Tuesday, August 24, 2004 by Will Rose | Discussion: Stardock Software
I've noticed this now with DX 2.2 IconX 1.0 (I didn't use IconX much before):
State detection (the transitions on mouseover/mouseaway) seem to be behaving incorrectly. Specifically, when you have MouseAway and MouseOver icon sizes set to different values, a Mouseover event occurs when your mouse crosses the boundary of the MouseOVER icon size, instead of the MouseAway, which is the one visible.
What this means is if you create a zoomer by setting MouseAway icon size to 32, and MouseOver icon size to 256, you should get a 32x32 icon on your desktop that zooms to 256x256 when you mouse over it.
This isn't what happens, however. What you get is a 32x32 icon on your desktop that zooms larger when your mouse gets into the 256x256 area surrounding it. This seems to be other than what should happen. Your icon zooms when the mouse isn't anywhere near it, and if you have multiple such icons near each other (like down the side of your screen), it is difficult if not impossible to one or the other. This basically renders the zoomer functionality unuseable, which is a big loss for IconX.
Shouldn't a mouseover event trigger when you enter the mouseaway-iconsize area, and a mouseaway event trigger when you leave the mouseover-iconsize area?
Is anyone else seeing this?
State detection (the transitions on mouseover/mouseaway) seem to be behaving incorrectly. Specifically, when you have MouseAway and MouseOver icon sizes set to different values, a Mouseover event occurs when your mouse crosses the boundary of the MouseOVER icon size, instead of the MouseAway, which is the one visible.
What this means is if you create a zoomer by setting MouseAway icon size to 32, and MouseOver icon size to 256, you should get a 32x32 icon on your desktop that zooms to 256x256 when you mouse over it.
This isn't what happens, however. What you get is a 32x32 icon on your desktop that zooms larger when your mouse gets into the 256x256 area surrounding it. This seems to be other than what should happen. Your icon zooms when the mouse isn't anywhere near it, and if you have multiple such icons near each other (like down the side of your screen), it is difficult if not impossible to one or the other. This basically renders the zoomer functionality unuseable, which is a big loss for IconX.
Shouldn't a mouseover event trigger when you enter the mouseaway-iconsize area, and a mouseaway event trigger when you leave the mouseover-iconsize area?
Is anyone else seeing this?
Hus
Reply #2 Wednesday, September 1, 2004 7:02 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, September 1, 2004 7:02 PM
Will, I tried what you said, and yes, it does seem to zoom when you put your mouse in the 256x256 area. However, it only happens when I had animated transitions on, if you turn them off, it zooms normally. Try going to the DX newsgroup and see if there is any more info there...
Will Rose
Reply #3 Sunday, September 5, 2004 7:45 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, September 5, 2004 7:45 PM
This problem has been confirmed by Alberto at Stardock, the primary DX developer. He says it should be resolved soon.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, September 1, 2004 6:05 PM