Cannot drag windows above top screen boundry.

[Xirix]

For whatever reason I cannot have a window off-screen even a little bit if it's poking above the top of the screen, I can have a window off-screen as much as I want on the left, right and bottom, but if I try the top it snaps back vertically. Is there a way I can circumvent this?

If there isn't, is there a way to remove the re-size limit on windows? I can only resize them vertically so much before they refuse.

I'm using Windows 7.

 

[UsernameIssues]

For whatever reason I cannot have a window off-screen even a little bit if it's poking above the top of the screen, I can have a window off-screen as much as I want on the left, right and bottom, but if I try the top it snaps back vertically. Is there a way I can circumvent this?

If there isn't, is there a way to remove the re-size limit on windows? I can only resize them vertically so much before they refuse.

I'm using Windows 7.

See this post http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...bar-window-off-top-my-screen.html#post3137254

AutoIt can resize the window as well.

 

[Ztruker]

Right click on the windows title bar then select Move. Use the arrow keys to move it wherever you want it.

 

[UsernameIssues]

Right click on the windows title bar then select Move. Use the arrow keys to move it wherever you want it.

That does not work for me.

In the thread that I linked to, it did not work for the OP either.

Try putting the top of a window at a minus 55 pixels as requested in the thread that I linked to.

Please let me know if it works for you...
...because I would like to figure out how you did that.

 

[Ztruker]

How would I know where minus 55 pixels is?

I can move the window entirely off the top screen if I want.

 

[Ztruker]

I take that back. It actually ends up reducing the size of the window and aligns the top edge of it to the top of the screen as soon as I press the enter key. Okay right, left and down though.

Yhis has got to be a bug induced by the snap feature, which I thought I had turned off.

 

[UsernameIssues]

How would I know where minus 55 pixels is?
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With a window info tool - of course

I can type in the window after it has been moved.
It does not change size or snap back down.

I take that back. It actually ends up reducing the size of the window and aligns the top edge of it to the top of the screen as soon as I press the enter key. Okay right, left and down though.

This has got to be a bug induced by the snap feature, which I thought I had turned off.

Nope. It does it in XP too. The screenshot above is from XP.

Why would anyone want to do this?
Read the thread that I linked to earlier.

Also, have you every worked on a netbook with Windows 7 Starter Edition? You cannot always see the "OK" button at the bottom of a dialog box. AutoIt can be used automatically move the window up as you move the mouse cursor down. You just leave the script running all of the time. Such a script would normally only move a window that is bigger than the screen... but, as you see in the screenshot above, AutoIt can move most any window wherever you want

Most of this is covered in the thread that I linked to.

 

[Berton]

I find I can't move a window very far up as it has to be dragged by the mouse when clicked on the Title bar but the mouse will not go off-screen at the top, can't drag beyond that limit even though most of the Title bar has been moved out of sight, mouse can barely hold it. The mouse has the same limit at the left and bottom edges. It will go out of sight on the right side but just barely, limit can be seen over a maximized window or a smaller one with its right border at the edge of the screen.

 

[vsub]

I made this autohotkey script to move windows.

~#LButton::
SetWinDelay,30
MouseGetPos,x,y,w
Loop
{
  GetKeyState,lbutton,LButton,P
  GetKeyState,LWin,LWin,P
  If (lbutton="U" Or LWin="U")
    Break
  MouseGetPos,mx,my
  WinGetPos,wx,wy,ww,wh,ahk_id %w%
  wx:=wx+mx-x
  wy:=wy+my-y
  WinMove,ahk_id %w%,,%wx%,%wy%
  x:=mx
  y:=my
}
Return

Win+LButton - hold the windows key and drag any window anywhere you click on it(not just the titlebar)

 

[Berton]

Will Xirix know how to create the script? Having the code to use is quite nice and appreciated but that's not all there is to using it, all too common on forums to post code but leave off the mechanics, suggests a level of expertise that may not exist.

 

[vsub]

Um what exactly do I have to explain....install Autohotkey=>create a new autohotkey file(it's actually text file with ahk extension)=>paste the code inside=>save and run the script.

Or do I have to explain what each line in the script does

 

[Berton]

Not everyone uses the program or even knows about it. Providing instructions in a friendly manner helps other folks understand what a program does and how to make use of it.

 

[UsernameIssues]

I made this autohotkey script to move windows.

~#LButton::
SetWinDelay,30
MouseGetPos,x,y,w
Loop
{
  GetKeyState,lbutton,LButton,P
  GetKeyState,LWin,LWin,P
  If (lbutton="U" Or LWin="U")
    Break
  MouseGetPos,mx,my
  WinGetPos,wx,wy,ww,wh,ahk_id %w%
  wx:=wx+mx-x
  wy:=wy+my-y
  WinMove,ahk_id %w%,,%wx%,%wy%
  x:=mx
  y:=my
}
Return

Win+LButton - hold the windows key and drag any window anywhere you click on it(not just the titlebar)

Um what exactly do I have to explain....install Autohotkey=>create a new autohotkey file(it's actually text file with ahk extension)=>paste the code inside=>save and run the script.

Or do I have to explain what each line in the script does

What is Win+LButton?

 

[vsub]

What is Win+LButton?

I made this autohotkey script to move windows.
Win+LButton - hold the windows key and drag any window anywhere you click on it(not just the titlebar)

Win - Windows key
LButton - Left mouse button

 

[UsernameIssues]

Thanks - I should have spent more time looking at your code.
The answer was right there in the GetKeyState lines

I used that syntax for several years with early versions of AutoIt. When the AutoIt devs changed syntax, some devs left and started AHK. I stuck with the old syntax for a while and then converted. I've been away from that "AHK syntax" for more than a decade.

Anyway - let's hope that the OP returns to this thread and makes use of your code. You are kind to offer it.