nonstatik Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 1 hour ago, CoinTos said: New test file, autohotkey script updated to draw a black fullscreen window, in an attempt to hide desktop icons and hopefully task bar. script.launchbox.launcher-1.5.4-test2.zip Working fine here, thanks so much @CoinTos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 10 hours ago, CoinTos said: New test file, autohotkey script updated to draw a black fullscreen window, in an attempt to hide desktop icons and hopefully task bar. script.launchbox.launcher-1.5.4-test2.zip thanks mate! absolutely perfect. with the startup video both the startup and shutdown is now mint from Kodi and very sleek! got a donation scenario or dev page anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedwyr Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Test2 works like a charm. Very nice to have that functionality back. I've been using Advanced Emulator Launcher and it works, but it's better to shut Kodi down while running another frontend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinTos Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 21 hours ago, Rjay said: ... got a donation scenario or dev page anywhere? No, this is just for fun, no donations needed. Glad it is working for everyone. I updated the downloads page, no changes were made from test2 to final so no need to update if you are using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinTos Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 Kodi addon for LaunchBox 1.5.4 released! CHANGES in 1.5.4: - Added Kodi 18 support - Added black fullscreen gui to Autohotkey script to hide desktop icons and taskbar KNOWN ISSUES: - The upgrade support in this addon's Autohotkey script will not work properly with the auto download background option for LaunchBox enabled. Current workaround is to remove the check mark from the "Automatically Download Updates in the Background" box in LaunchBox's Options under the Updates section. RELEASE NOTICE: This release is a bug fix for Kodi 18. This will also be the last release to support any Kodi version before 18 as it will be rewritten Python 3. Kodi is dropping Python 2 support as it is EOL for Kodi 19. IN DEVELOPMENT: - Code rewrite in Python 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 2 hours ago, CoinTos said: No, this is just for fun, no donations needed. Glad it is working for everyone. I updated the downloads page, no changes were made from test2 to final so no need to update if you are using it. Ok no problems, well we appreciate it man new version with those mods is slick as thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonstatik Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 @CoinTos I began to use startup videos, and I'm now seeing the taskbar and mouse pointer for a moment on launch and exit. I'm using the UWA version of Kodi, I wonder if this has something to do with it? I had auto updates checked in LB, but have now disabled that and re-installed your add-on after reading your warning. I double checked the AHK script in my external directory and the version in your latest .zip and they appear to be the same. Anything I could be doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinTos Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 6 hours ago, nonstatik said: @CoinTos I began to use startup videos, and I'm now seeing the taskbar and mouse pointer for a moment on launch and exit. I'm using the UWA version of Kodi, I wonder if this has something to do with it? I had auto updates checked in LB, but have now disabled that and re-installed your add-on after reading your warning. I double checked the AHK script in my external directory and the version in your latest .zip and they appear to be the same. Anything I could be doing wrong? Yeah, about that mouse pointer... I did nothing to attempt to hide it so that will currently be dependant on Bigbox and Kodi handling. You are definitely not doing anything wrong, I will have to look into making a setting in the plugin's options to allow the AHK to hide the taskbar if they selects that. That is really the only true solution, other than setting the blank black gui AHK creates to always on top which wouldn't allow anything over it, lol. It also seems I can only reproduce it on UWA version of Kodi, so it looks like it has to do with the way UWA handles focus of the taskbar with UWA apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinTos Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) New test file for hiding taskbar with plugin advanced option added. Report any issues, i haven't rewritten in python 3 yet so it will be compatible with kodi 16/17. Edited April 9, 2019 by CoinTos removed test file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonstatik Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, CoinTos said: New test file for hiding taskbar with plugin advanced option added. Report any issues, i haven't rewritten in python 3 yet so it will be compatible with kodi 16/17. script.launchbox.launcher-1.5.5-test1.zip 255.48 kB · 1 download @CoinTos Wow thanks, it's almost perfect! I enabled the new setting and the userscript updated. It's much improved, but there is still a flicker of the taskbar starting to draw before it cuts out (like a flash of a horizontal line at the bottom of the screen). Is there any way to make it hide earlier? Edited April 8, 2019 by nonstatik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinTos Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) On 4/8/2019 at 3:24 PM, nonstatik said: @CoinTos Wow thanks, it's almost perfect! I enabled the new setting and the userscript updated. It's much improved, but there is still a flicker of the taskbar starting to draw before it cuts out (like a flash of a horizontal line at the bottom of the screen). Is there any way to make it hide earlier? To rule out cursor interference which in my testing so far has resulted in a flash of the taskbar, please try this new test file. It moves the cursor to the top right corner and make it invisible on the black gui that I create in the ahk script. Note, it doesn't hide the busy cursor icon yet. Also, since i didn't up the ahk script version number again, you need to select the "Delete and update userdata scripts on next run" option in the advanced options in the plugin settings. Edit: Reread your post and if you are referring to a 1 px line at the bottom that is the 'hidden' taskbar in windows 10 and there is not much I can really do about it. In testing it only shows on launchbox updates for me. Edited April 9, 2019 by CoinTos removed test file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonstatik Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 36 minutes ago, CoinTos said: To rule out cursor interference which in my testing so far has resulted in a flash of the taskbar, please try this new test file. It moves the cursor to the top right corner and make it invisible on the black gui that I create in the ahk script. Note, it doesn't hide the busy cursor icon yet. Also, since i didn't up the ahk script version number again, you need to select the "Delete and update userdata scripts on next run" option in the advanced options in the plugin settings. script.launchbox.launcher-1.5.5-test2.zip 255.57 kB · 1 download Flashing is still there, but the busy cursor/mouse pointer behavior is actually better. Now the cursor only flashes in the top right at the same moment/length as the taskbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinTos Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 24 minutes ago, nonstatik said: Flashing is still there, but the busy cursor/mouse pointer behavior is actually better. Now the cursor only flashes in the top right at the same moment/length as the taskbar. Yeah, the flashing has to do with how the UWA apps interact with explorer.exe (and the taskbar by association). It will not even respect a AHK GUI with AlwaysOnTop set and flashes over it so it is going to have to be a known issue as it only affects UWA Kodi. I will keep looking for a solution but I wouldn't hold my breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonstatik Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 9 minutes ago, CoinTos said: Yeah, the flashing has to do with how the UWA apps interact with explorer.exe (and the taskbar by association). It will not even respect a AHK GUI with AlwaysOnTop set and flashes over it so it is going to have to be a known issue as it only affects UWA Kodi. I will keep looking for a solution but I wouldn't hold my breath. Understood, thanks so much for your contribution! If I get bothered enough by the look, I'll switch from UWA to the normal install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinTos Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) On 4/8/2019 at 5:11 PM, nonstatik said: Understood, thanks so much for your contribution! If I get bothered enough by the look, I'll switch from UWA to the normal install. New test file, . Modified an example function from AHK forum to change all system icons to blank so that it would only modify the Busy/wait cursor. So basically for the time AHK is running there will be no Busy/Wait cursor but the mouse arrow cursor is only hidden when on Blank Black GUI so that it can be still use in emulator etc. that require it visible. Again, you need to select the "Delete and update userdata scripts on next run" option in the advanced options in the plugin settings as the script number is the same as test1. Edited April 13, 2019 by CoinTos removed test file as final is released Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonstatik Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 22 hours ago, CoinTos said: New test file, . Modified an example function from AHK forum to change all system icons to blank so that it would only modify the Busy/wait cursor. So basically for the time AHK is running there will be no Busy/Wait cursor but the mouse arrow cursor is only hidden when on Blank Black GUI so that it can be still use in emulator etc. that require it visible. Again, you need to select the "Delete and update userdata scripts on next run" option in the advanced options in the plugin settings as the script number is the same as test1. script.launchbox.launcher-1.5.5-test4.zip 255.87 kB · 1 download Cursor issue fixed! Taskbar flash still exists, but if I understand correctly, you didn't change anything there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinTos Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 39 minutes ago, nonstatik said: Cursor issue fixed! Taskbar flash still exists, but if I understand correctly, you didn't change anything there. Yeah, as far as the taskbar is concern, it will be listed as a known issue with Kodi UWA as so far the solutions I have looked into are too wonky to be viable without introducing other compatibility issues. Maybe in the future MS will make it so it doesn't raise the taskbar on top of all windows when a UWA app changes states but till then work around will be use regular Kodi, try changing the color of the taskbar to black to minimize the effect or ignore it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonstatik Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, CoinTos said: Yeah, as far as the taskbar is concern, it will be listed as a known issue with Kodi UWA as so far the solutions I have looked into are too wonky to be viable without introducing other compatibility issues. Maybe in the future MS will make it so it doesn't raise the taskbar on top of all windows when a UWA app changes states but till then work around will be use regular Kodi, try changing the color of the taskbar to black to minimize the effect or ignore it. It's still an improvement from before, thanks again. Taskbar was already set to black, but yeah I'll switch to regular Kodi if I get too annoyed by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinTos Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, nonstatik said: It's still an improvement from before, thanks again. Taskbar was already set to black, but yeah I'll switch to regular Kodi if I get too annoyed by it. Drats, was hoping the black taskbar would help as I hadn't tried it. Thanks for the feedback. Edited April 9, 2019 by CoinTos typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonstatik Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, CoinTos said: Drats, was hoping the black taskbar would help as I hadn't tried it. Thanks for the feedback. Update: I removed the Cortana search bar and it's much better now! You only see a shorter flash when first launching the add-on. Before, you would see the longer line flash on three occasions: 1) launching add-on before startup video 2) between startup video and Big Box launch 3) after Big Box exit, before Kodi relaunch Now it's only seen the first time, and less visible. I think this is as good as it will get. Edited April 9, 2019 by nonstatik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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