Visual bug (WindowFX & Groupy)

Published on March 18, 2019 By ThePhantasma In Groupy

I repost part of my earlier post from "other Stardock software", because this is about 2 products (WindowFX & Groupy) Original post

Hello there,

I noticed this "funny" visual bug about half year ago, where Groupy tabs appear on desktop before window itself (example, when you launch File Explorer with Groupy tabs enabled). It is always like this, no matter what is your settings (shorter animation, "less waiting"). I guess WindowFX will ignore Groupy tabs, so those tabs appear on desktop almost instantly when you launch (example) file explorer and then it will animate "standard window" with selected animation speed.

Software / Windows information:

Windows 10 Home - Version 1903 OS Build 18356.1, so far same issue with every build, even with official release (Win 10) So it looks like something that developer didn't ever noticed.

WindowsFX 6.04

Groupy 1.19 Beta

Groupy-settings > Compine if possible or Always place above have same result, in both cases WindowFX ignores everything that is from groupy and doesn't animate them.

Thank you.

Comments

sdrohan

on Mar 18, 2019

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

Its not the grouped apps that do not react to WinFX animations, its groupy itself:

https://cdn.stardock.us/support/uploads/2019-03-18_16-00-00.mp4

In that video, you can see that if I grab the actual app bar, move it, WinFX is show to be acting on it - however - if I grab the main Groupy bar, it does not.

Also, you can see that adding new apps with the + icon also shows the proper animation. What does not work, and is known, is there is no close animation.

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

ThePhantasma

on Mar 18, 2019

Ok, makes sense. I'm glad you guys are aware of this, i'm ok with it, but reported just in case (if it helps).

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