The advanced setting Taskbar: Clock Size as I have read it should alter the size of the clock or am I mistaken. When I add a custom setting e.g. 120 (pixels) all it does is move it along the taskbar.
I am using Windows 8.1 64bit, is this normal behavior for this setting?
Keith now that DF beta is stable on Win 10 can I revisit the Clock options?
If there any way we can get added flexibility as can be seen in the Atomic Alarm clock, that is configure the font for Time and dates, etc? (see attached)
To be totally honest, it's not likely something we'll be able to add in the near future. I will be sure to post an update if/when we are able to though
Not a problem worth mentioning though. One thing you may be able to fix (or consider fixing). When using the Atomic Alarm clock (Windows task bar) that takes up a good 3 to 4 cm of space. I guess this is reserved somehow and read in by DF as DF then allocates that same amount of space for it's generated clock.
That looks terrible as the clock ends up sitting in a massive area of unused background. So the thought is that DF should reserve only the amount of the taskbar it needs to display the clock as defined by the DF registry settings.
Didn't want to start a new thread as there seems to be many about "clock text size" - I have the latest version, and while I am able to customize the second monitor (#2) taskbar, including clock elements, I'm not seeing any change to the default monitor #1 taskbar, including clock.
Am I missing something or does DF not affect the default taskbar in any way?
DF cannot change your default clock. What I did was to download and install T-Clock that way I can have it at the size I want showing exactly what I want just as the DF taskbar clock does.
The Clock size the distance from the right edge of the taskbar available to the clock or text.. You can set each taskbar individually, obviously not the primary taskbar as that is governed by windows but all your DF taskbars. For example I have the day/date on one of my taskbars set at 135 and that displays well but if I change the setting to 250 you will see that it is too far over. If the number is too low then your clock or text wont display properly as in you wont see it all.
With your settings maybe 500 is out of the range, depending on what you have displayed i.e. day/date etc try them all at 200 and see if you notice any difference. PS you need to close DF and restart it for the changes.
The clock Text is for custom text on the tasbar. HH:mm shows the hours and minutes ddd shows the day and so on. If you highlight Clock Text Taskbar 1 then click on the blue link at the bottom of the window it will take you to the help page for that section.
I only got up to 500 because I tried all sorts of numbers up to that. Does it actually change the size of the text? I'm trying to make it bigger.
No that setting is a little below the others and called Clock Text Size, you can use settings from 0 to 100 according to the help page. Mine is set to 24 (see screenshots above,
Ahh, now I see. That first one should really be called Clock Offset or something like that.
How did you get your text to be a different color?
The setting above Clock Text Size is Clock Text Colour the settings are RGB so for mine it was 0,255,255. Just look up the colour you want to use in RGB and dont forget to use a comma to seperate the values. You may need to restart DF for the change to take place (to be honest, I cant remember).
Yes some of the names they use are very confusing.
I'm still having a problem getting Clock Size to work. My understanding is that it should make the space for the clock wider. But I cannot see any difference, no matter what value I use.
Are you restarting Display Fusion after making the changes by either shutting it down then a restart or just restarting your PC?
Is the size of your clock the same as default or have you set a custom size?
These are the settings I am using at the moment (see screenshot) Are you putting the settings in the correct sections as in Clock Size Taskbar 1 etc?
If possible can you post a screenshot of the settings you have set?
Click on my screenshot to make it bigger, if you can post a screenshot, uncheck the Protect These Attachments option or we cannot see them.
Attached are my settings. I set the size of Taskbar 1 to 200 (I've tried all different sizes). I've attached a screenshot of Taskbar 1 and 3 (#2 is the Windows controlled taskbar)
1 and 3 look exactly the same. As you can see, I adjusted the size of the text. I'd like to get a little more horizontal space there.
Try in your day/date format taking away the \n switch and put a blank space or two to separate the day from the time or month.
I added the switch to mine and it stopped the Clock Size setting from working.
As an example, look at my screenshot showing Clock Text (Taskbar 2) and try that format.
Unless its intentional on your main screen, reduce the taskbar width if only to test my theory.
Maybe the devs can help with the new line switch overriding the clock size.
Perhaps there are even clues in here about my other problem at https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/weird-start-button/?ID=366c9fb3-e944-4109-84e0-aa8e3617913a
Sorry for the delay on this, been playing catch-up over the holidays.
I had a chance to test this today, and setting the clock size to 300 works fine for me. I had to restart DisplayFusion after changing that value though. If you change it and restart does it work then?
Ok, that's what I thought. I'm definitely not seeing that. I've posted my own screen shots and I'm not seeing the horizontal space being changed at all.
No, it's not
I have a laptop with a wide-screen monitor.
Originally, I had the 2 set to duplicate each other and I split into 3 virtual monitors. I have since chanced to having the Laptop defined as another monitor, but it has no splits. The wide-screen has 3 virtual monitors.
I'm pretty sure I saw the issue in both cases.
Ok, perfect. The built-in advanced settings only support physical monitors, not splits, but you can add the values manually for the splits at a command prompt like this:
Yes, that did it. Now you see why I say that there needs to be an explicit distinction for real monitors vs virtual monitors. It appears that those Advanced Settings have no bearing on real monitors with splits
i also have a problem with the size feature. i can't seem to use the clock text size at all, changing it to anything makes the entire clock disappear. for the record, i'm using the classic non-aero style on windows 7, dpi is at 125%, and my clock has two lines, top showing the time, bottom the date (HH:mm:ss ddd\ndd\/MM\/yyyy). height is adjusted by -3, size is 120. based on t-clock, font size 8 makes both fit on the taskbar just fine.
I've got three monitors. The right hand monitor is in portrait orientation with a single vertical taskbar down the left hand side of it. The screen is then split into 3 stacked splits which display fusion has as 1.1 1.2 1.3.
I'm trying to make the time bigger at the bottom of the taskbar however I can't get it to work. I've tried using those command prompts with DF closed but when I reload it nothing happens. I changed the code trying both 101 and 103.
Does the fact I have a single taskbar for the physical monitor make a difference?
Does the fact I have a single taskbar for the physical monitor make a difference?
It does, yep. Those advanced settings only work for the DisplayFusion taskbars, but if you're using a single taskbar for the full monitor, that's just the regular Windows taskbar and DF can't modify it. You could try something like T-Clock for the Windows taskbar.
