Get width of my application's taskbar button.

[Vadersapien]

Hi,

I would like to know how to get the width of my application's taskbar button. Had a look at GetSystemMetrics but couldn't find anything interesting...

[PsaltyDS]

Hi,

I would like to know how to get the width of my application's taskbar button. Had a look at GetSystemMetrics but couldn't find anything interesting...

The taskbar is just a toolbar, and those are just buttons on the toolbar. Use _GuiCtrlToolBar_GetButtonSize() on it.

[Vadersapien]

I'm confused on how to use that function...is it something like

_GuiCtrlToolBar_GetButtonSize('[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]')

?

And if so, wouldn't that get it for all taskbar buttons, even though each can vary in size on Windows 7(think pinned items)?

[PsaltyDS]

In XP, they are all the same size. I can't pry my son off Left4Dead long enough to try anything on the Win7 box.

[Vadersapien]

In XP, they are all the same size. I can't pry my son off Left4Dead long enough to try anything on the Win7 box.

Lol

Also this code:

Global $TaskbarButtonSize = _GuiCtrlToolBar_GetButtonSize('[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]')
MsgBox(-1, 'Return Value', $TaskbarButtonSize)

Gives a blank MsgBox

Edited December 5, 2009 by Vadersapien

[whim]

Lol

Also this code:

Global $TaskbarButtonSize = _GuiCtrlToolBar_GetButtonSize('[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]')
MsgBox(-1, 'Return Value', $TaskbarButtonSize)

Gives a blank MsgBox

-1 is not a valid MsgBox type AFAIK, try 0

hth,

whim

[PsaltyDS]

Also this code:

Global $TaskbarButtonSize = _GuiCtrlToolBar_GetButtonSize('[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]')
MsgBox(-1, 'Return Value', $TaskbarButtonSize)

Gives a blank MsgBox

Review that function in the help file. You didn't pass the handle to the toolbar control. You didn't even pass the class for the control, that's the window. Also, it returns an array.

This works on XP, don't know what it does on Win7:

#include <GuiToolbar.au3>

Global $hWin = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd; INSTANCE:1]", "")
Global $hTaskbar = ControlGetHandle($hWin, "", "[CLASS:ToolbarWindow32; INSTANCE:2]")
Global $TaskbarButtonSize = _GUICtrlToolbar_GetButtonSize($hTaskbar)
MsgBox(64, 'Return Value', "$TaskbarButtonSize[0] (Height) = " & $TaskbarButtonSize[0] & @CRLF & _
        "$TaskbarButtonSize[1] (Width) = " & $TaskbarButtonSize[1])

[Vadersapien]

That code gives me "Height:38 Width:24", even though they're wider then they are higher(maybe it's just mixed up). Anyway even the width is far off 38 pixels.

[Melba23]

Vadersapien,

Use the Au3Info tool to determine the correct title to use for the taskbar. For example, on my Vista system:

[CLASS:ToolbarWindow32; INSTANCE:2] = the notification area - I get 18x18

[CLASS:ToolbarWindow32; INSTANCE:4] = the main taskbar - I get 164 x 30

M23