Prevent window from expanding beyond the screen borders
Posted: 13 Feb 2011 14:47
I don't know if this is a Windows only thing, perhaps someone who uses VLC on another platform can enlighten me.
One thing I often find quite troublesome about VLC is the way it behaves when the window resizes itself, particularly in the context of a large resolution video playing. Quite often I would find that the video window would expand itself just beyond the limits of my screen, making it tough to close the player or use the controls.
This proves to be quite annoying when it happens time and again, and after a while I went looking for the option to prevent that behavior. I did disable it, but the problem is still prevalent; if I toggle the Video - Always on top option, the window will be resized to fit the video, despite the fact that I have elected for that not to happen. That's much less of an issue though. I'm probably more bothered that this is the default behavior and could be annoying some others like me who don't necessarily know about the option.
I was wondering whether VLC could take a leaf out of WMP 12's book (yes, I know; blasphemy!). I noticed that it has some pretty nifty window size / positioning technique. I don't know exactly what the logic behind it is, but whenever I open a new video the window always seems to be right where I want it and the right size. I wonder whether this is something that could possibly be incorporated in future.
Thanks for reading!
Lozzy
One thing I often find quite troublesome about VLC is the way it behaves when the window resizes itself, particularly in the context of a large resolution video playing. Quite often I would find that the video window would expand itself just beyond the limits of my screen, making it tough to close the player or use the controls.
This proves to be quite annoying when it happens time and again, and after a while I went looking for the option to prevent that behavior. I did disable it, but the problem is still prevalent; if I toggle the Video - Always on top option, the window will be resized to fit the video, despite the fact that I have elected for that not to happen. That's much less of an issue though. I'm probably more bothered that this is the default behavior and could be annoying some others like me who don't necessarily know about the option.
I was wondering whether VLC could take a leaf out of WMP 12's book (yes, I know; blasphemy!). I noticed that it has some pretty nifty window size / positioning technique. I don't know exactly what the logic behind it is, but whenever I open a new video the window always seems to be right where I want it and the right size. I wonder whether this is something that could possibly be incorporated in future.
Thanks for reading!
Lozzy