bright-tools/bwm

Window manager (WM) extensions for Microsoft Windows

bwm's Issues

BWM allows >1 concurrent instance of itself

Should prevent BMW from having >1 concurrent instance - this makes no sense.

GUID retrieval not retrieving expected GUID

In order to prevent more than one instance of BWM running, a mutex is utilised, based on the GUID of the assembly.

Unfortunately the existing code retrieves the GUID for System.Reflection.Assembly, not BWM, meaning that it may unexpectedly clash with other applications.

Right-click drag opens menu

When performing a right-click drag re-sizing operation, at the end of the operation (depending on the window), a context menu is opened, as if a right-click operation had been recognised.

Improve snapping behaviour with respect to partially hidden window edges

Currently the window will snap to the edge of another window if either of the end-points of that window are visible. This could be improved such that it snaps against only the visible edge

Maximise/Restore functionality with Excel

The function added in #14 to maximise/restore the window doesn't seem to work correctly with Excel from Office 365. Maximise seems to work OK, but restore does not when double-clicking within a cell.

Clickable/editable Mouse Binding labels

It seems I can click in the labels under Mouse Bindings in Options and type in anything I want!

Can get it back to what it was by closing and restarting the program :)

Port front-end to C#

Microsoft are encouraging UI development using C# and managed code rather than C++ these days.

Replace "Apply" on the options dialog with "OK"

Currently it applies the changes, but does not dismiss the dialog. The more expected behaviour is probably an "OK" button which applies the changes and dismisses window.

Change mouse cursor when moving/resizing window

Currently the mouse cursor does not change when dragging a window to move/resize it. Would be a useful visual indicator to use a different mouse cursor to indicate that a move/resize operation is in progress.

Add "run at startup" option

Only snap to visible edges

Add about dialog

Support for touch interface

When using a touch interface, BWM works as expected when using the titlebar to move the window, but holding down the modifiers & dragging within the window doesn't result in the movement of the window.

Feature suggestion : Panning within window

I propose that through either holding down a third key, or using the same combo but holding both mouse buttons maybe, it pans the window around within the window, ie in a minimized browser window the action moves the scrollbar positions in the x and Y so you can pan around the page.

Add function to maximise/restore and minimise based on double-click

If the user double-clicks with the modifier keys held down, the window could be maximised (or a maximised window be restored). Double click of the other mouse button could be used to minimise the window.

Modifiers don't seem to work when dragging the titlebar of the window

When using the window move or resize functions holding the modifiers doesn't seem to invoke BWM. For window movement this isn't a huge issue, as the window moves in the usual way, but it doesn't exhibit the snapping functionality.

Some modifiers won't work

BWM allows configuration of modifier combinations which are not valid (e.g. just 'Shift').

Add Visual C++ Redistributable dependency to installer

The wmmouse.dll has a dependency on the Visual C++ RunTime DLL, so this needs to be installed for BWM to work.

Add snapping functionality

Add ability to snap windows to screen edges, other windows, etc.

Add an install package

Add license agreement to installer

Change target to .net 4.5

Currently BWM is targetting .NET 4.5.2 which is not as widely installed as 4.5. As there is no particular reason to target 4.5.2 as opposed to 4.5 this should be changed.

BWM doesn't seem to work with Internet Explorer windows

OK with Edge on Win10, but NOK with IE 10 on Win7 and IE 11 on Win10