|
|
Post by TechSalt on Jul 31, 2022 12:59:49 GMT -8
Extract to C:\Windows\Throbber, apply throb.reg and enable the "Throbber" toolbar For people wondering how this is done: Windows lets you have a HTML toolbar rendered via IE. Using this, i made HTML and CSS that centers a image, makes the background black and finally disables the scrollbar. I have found a way to disable it's context menu, however it leaves a annoying active content banner that you have to click everytime you open explorer.
New version now animates when clicked! I have put the animated version alongside the non animated one.
Attachments:Throbber.zip (1.62 KB)
AnimThrob.zip (19 KB)
|
|
|
|
Post by TechSalt on Jul 31, 2022 14:23:57 GMT -8
View AttachmentYou did a very nice thing, but there is one problem :( Unfortunately, my Throbber Recreation looks like this. When I put Throbber Recreation in the right place and close the explorer window and re-enter the explorer, it is displayed in the wrong place again. That is a issue with almost each explorer toolbar. You might be wondering: Why does this not happen with Open-Shell's toolbar? Open-Shell is programmed to keep it's toolbar at it's place. However, most toolbars are not progarmmed to do so, and Windows doesn't handle this. You have to put it in the right position everytime. Also, i recommend putting it next to Open-Shell's toolbar first then the menu bar, so it's vertically larger. |
|
|
|
Post by TechSalt on Jul 31, 2022 14:27:31 GMT -8
The size might be able to be automated with BarSize but that is intended for explorer bars. (tried it, you cannot do that with toolbars)
|
|
|
|
Post by The Jackal on Aug 1, 2022 8:14:57 GMT -8
Works great, besides the issue of it being stretched out on each new Explorer instance and keep changing locations. Besides that, it's brilliant. Really authentic, and looks fantastic. Well done.  |
|
craft
Sophomore Member
UWP stands for unwanted pile of trash
Posts: 167
OS: Windows 11 & Windows 10 LTSC 2021
Theme: Classic Theme on Windows 10 LTSC host and micaforeveryone with a custom theme on 11 host
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with 4 Cores
RAM: 8GB of DDR4 ram
GPU: AMD Raedon Vega 8 Graphics
|
Post by craft on Aug 1, 2022 8:17:11 GMT -8
I'm no expert at ahk but can't the toolbar position and size be automated with ahk script?
|
|
|
|
Post by R.O.B. on Aug 1, 2022 21:06:58 GMT -8
I'm no expert at ahk but can't the toolbar position and size be automated with ahk script? I don't think so because I'm pretty sure Explorer's toolbars aren't positioned like normal windows are, but don't quote me on that because I'm not 100% sure. I ran into this exact same positioning issue with the real throbber from XP when I got that working on Win7, however I didn't really spend a whole lot of time experimenting on it with AHK since it was pretty buggy and impractical to even setup (kinda knew at that point that there had to be a better alternative). Btw, great work TechSalt! Very simple yet clever implementation that looks like the real deal. |
|
craft
Sophomore Member
UWP stands for unwanted pile of trash
Posts: 167
OS: Windows 11 & Windows 10 LTSC 2021
Theme: Classic Theme on Windows 10 LTSC host and micaforeveryone with a custom theme on 11 host
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with 4 Cores
RAM: 8GB of DDR4 ram
GPU: AMD Raedon Vega 8 Graphics
|
Post by craft on Aug 1, 2022 21:22:18 GMT -8
The throbber you restored I think is the throbber present in ie since the explorer one will still keep appearing even after the clsids or the whole clsids reg has been removed. Pretty sure explorer throbber is called by xp's browseui.dll or shell32.dll
|
|
|
|
Post by TechSalt on Aug 2, 2022 3:57:48 GMT -8
The throbber you restored I think is the throbber present in ie since the explorer one will still keep appearing even after the clsids or the whole clsids reg has been removed. Pretty sure explorer throbber is called by xp's browseui.dll or shell32.dll I did not restore any old explorer code. This is a recreation made via HTML and CSS. If you want to, you can look in the zip file and see the source code. |
|
|
|
Post by TechSalt on Aug 23, 2022 10:47:02 GMT -8
I have made a version that animates when pressed.
|
|
|
|
Post by TechSalt on Aug 23, 2022 10:53:21 GMT -8
Also: I have an idea for an AHK script that clicks the throbber when a folder is loading
|
|
|
|
Post by nonameneeded on Aug 25, 2022 10:35:58 GMT -8
Extract to C:\Windows\Throbber, apply throb.reg and enable the "Throbber" toolbar For people wondering how this is done: Windows lets you have a HTML toolbar rendered via IE. Using this, i made HTML and CSS that centers a image, makes the background black and finally disables the scrollbar. I have found a way to disable it's context menu, however it leaves a annoying active content banner that you have to click everytime you open explorer.
New version now animates when clicked! I have put the animated version alongside the non animated one.
Since it doesn't work properly anyway I don't care that much about it but interestingly it doesn't work on Windows Server 2022 at all even though it is based on Windows 10 21H2.
There is no new entry in the context menu (to enable the throbber).
Strange.
|
|
crabsynth
Freshman Member
Posts: 64
OS: Windows 11
Theme: Windows Vista
CPU: I5 9600k
RAM: 32gb
GPU: RTX 4060
|
Post by crabsynth on Sept 14, 2022 1:55:55 GMT -8
A SMALL workaround to getting it the way you want it is to go into the CSS and add this line background-position: right; After this, save it and then position the toolbar directly above the files bar. And it would look great! The image is an example of how it looks and while there is a lot of whitespace above the file bar, the throbber rests neatly on top of it and even when you maximize the window it makes it go to the very right of the screen. Also attached is the XP throbber I am using right now Attachments:
throb.bmp (2.45 KB)
|
|
Marcoisen
New Member
Rosario, Argentina
Posts: 5
OS: Windows 10 Home Single Language (Build 2004)
Theme: Classic Theme + ROS Taskbar + Quero + AHK Scripts + Icons(98/2000 mixture)
|
Post by Marcoisen on Oct 28, 2022 16:51:12 GMT -8
A SMALL workaround to getting it the way you want it is to go into the CSS and add this line background-position: right; After this, save it and then position the toolbar directly above the files bar. And it would look great! The image is an example of how it looks and while there is a lot of whitespace above the file bar, the throbber rests neatly on top of it and even when you maximize the window it makes it go to the very right of the screen. Also attached is the XP throbber I am using right now Prozad are you using WindowsBlinds for that Luna theme? How did you manage to make the navigation bar vanish? I tried with the AHK method and explorer renders a semi-transparent bar where the navbar used to be, also the Throbber bar renders as a black bar Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by TechSalt on Oct 29, 2022 6:57:55 GMT -8
A SMALL workaround to getting it the way you want it is to go into the CSS and add this line background-position: right; After this, save it and then position the toolbar directly above the files bar. And it would look great! The image is an example of how it looks and while there is a lot of whitespace above the file bar, the throbber rests neatly on top of it and even when you maximize the window it makes it go to the very right of the screen. Also attached is the XP throbber I am using right now Prozad are you using WindowsBlinds for that Luna theme? How did you manage to make the navigation bar vanish? I tried with the AHK method and explorer renders a semi-transparent bar where the navbar used to be, also the Throbber bar renders as a black bar You need to change the HTML to make the background color white |
|
