#586 closed Defect (fixed)
Alt-tab shows dummy icon for BOINC Manager
| Reported by: | Nicolas | Owned by: | romw |
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| Priority: | Trivial | Milestone: | 6.2 |
| Component: | Manager | Version: | 6.2.4 |
| Keywords: | icon patch | Cc: |
Description (last modified by )
When BOINC Manager window is open, the Alt-tab list shows the default icon for windows, instead of the manager icon.
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Change History (11)
Changed 17 years ago by
| Attachment: | alt-tab.png added |
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comment:1 Changed 17 years ago by
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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comment:2 Changed 17 years ago by
Seeing the same in Windows 2000 SP4, but for that I have a Windows icon, not the 'undefined' icon.
comment:3 Changed 17 years ago by
The problem is that the icon used for the main window (boinc.xpm) is only 16x16 pixels large. But windows requires a 32x32 pixel version for displaying it in the Alt-tab list. Just replacing the old icon by a 32x32 pixel icon wouldn't work because the icons in the taskbar are only 16x16 pixels and when windows scales the icon from 32x32 pixels down to 16x16 it looks really ugly.
The solution implemented by my path is adding a second icon, which is 32x32 pixels large. The SkinManager? now loads both icons and when the main frame is created it sets both icons as application icons instead of only the 16x16 pixel item. That way windows displays the small icon in the taskbar and the large one in the Alt-tab list.
comment:4 Changed 17 years ago by
| Keywords: | patch added |
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comment:6 Changed 17 years ago by
| Milestone: | Undetermined → 6.2 |
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comment:7 Changed 17 years ago by
I tested this patch, and it works fine for me on XP. Please apply this patch to trunk and the 6.2 branch.
comment:8 Changed 17 years ago by
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
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