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[FancyZones] Applications that don't activate/can't be dragged to a zones [issue tracker] #1466
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Hyper-V Manager |
@ivenhov |
Hi I'm on Notepad++ 7.8.4 in case it matters. |
It is a 64-bit version, installed (not portable) but I think it was installed with chocolatey. |
After installing v0.15.1 I encountered the same issue with Visual Studio not snapping to a zone. Are there some settings that require admin privileges to be set which could be missed on install? Windows 10 Pro 1909 |
@PatReyesAU are you running VS as administrator? |
@crutkas Yes I am |
That is why. An non elevated process can not resize / move an elevated process. We have a work item to detect this scenario and prompt you |
#1015 is the tracking issue for that |
@crutkas Ah that makes sense. Thank you for the info! |
@PatReyesAU
The option will have effect after you restart PowerToys, if you didn't restart it that explains why you were still able to drag the VS window. |
Hi |
IDLE (Python IDE) also appears to be affected. This is in python version 3.8.0, 64-bit. Other tkinter based applications seem to be affected similarly. (Perhaps this extends to tcl/tk based GUIs in other languages?) Other python GUI systems may not be affected. I personally tested pygame(sdl2) with no issues. |
I found another issue not shure if I should open a seperate Issue. I just updated power toys using the MSIX Installier to 15.2. If I start Visual Studio 2019 Preview normally I can drag the window. I need to start it with AdminRights otherwise I cannot build my Xamarin UWP App. |
A non admin process cannot do many things to admin processes. When PowerToys isn’t run as admin and you are running something else as, we cannot move / resize it. Issue #1015 is designed to notify users when we see this scenario and let you decide what to do. |
Tested with PowerToys v0.15.2 and Visual Studio Version 16.6.0 Preview 1.0 running with non-admin rights on a Windows 1909 Build (18363.720). The Tool Window Test Explorer does not activate the drop zones. |
@enricogior tool windows do activate aero snaps. |
@crutkas supporting tool windows is very tricky, the current code tries to figure out if a window can be snapped based on certain properties and the VS tool windows are currently not supported. |
I see, maybe it helps to know that this used to work in a previous version of Powertoys and Visual Studio. |
@ChrisRichner |
Is it possible to add such option that any window regardless of it's properties will be snappable with shift key ? |
@allansramblings where is the tracking issue for that? I'm playing with that window and it looks like you can't resize it anyways. If a window expressly says "no thank you" to resizing or has limits, we respect those restrictions. |
I mentioned it in this previous issues thread: #209 (comment) where it was added to release milestones. I wasn't looking to resize the window, but place it in a fixed, predetermined location that's much easier to do through the use of FancyZones. |
Autodesk Revit (2019 or 2020) does not appear that child windows honor fancyzones. |
Unity (2018 and 2019 tested, but likely all versions), only the main window can be assigned to zones. Tabs in Unity can be detached into their own windows, those windows cannot be assigned to a zone. It would be super helpful if all those sub-windows could be assigned to zones also as it would allow making a layout using FancyZones and thereby circumventing the limitations of Unity's own layout system. |
Spotify seems to snap only to zones on my primary monitor. On my secondary monitor it doesn't snap. |
@PatrickdeBie |
Will do when I got a spare moment. Thanks for the reply! |
I am personally having issues trying to snap task manager and aimp music player. |
@enricogior do you know if this issue also applies in any way to windows created via Unity mode in VMware? I have some window resizing/positioning scripts set up in DisplayFusion (on the host system) that seem to be able to control these virtualized app windows just fine, but FancyZones has no effect on them. If not relevant to this issue, is this something that FZ would ever be able to address? I'll create a new issue if so. |
@pressRtowin |
Please see https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/Application-Compatibility
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