okay feel special because i created an account on here and everything JUST to answer your question haha
i too was having trouble with this and i use trillian in the task bar so much that it really made me mad so this is what i did. (now, it looks like a LOT to do but seriously it's easy. i figured it out in about 2 minutes.)
- go into your trillian settings
- go to 'contact list' on 'access and position'
- make sure trillian CANNOT be docked. that is, uncheck the option where it docks when it's near a side. you have to do this to get it to work but don't worry if you like your buddy list docked because even if the docking option is off, trilly still grabs onto the nearest side, so you can click and drag the edges until it's attached wherever you like
- after that, CHECK the box that says 'show contact list as a task in Windows Taskbar when not docked'
* what this does is allows trillian to go as a button on the taskbar when minimized, when normally it would just go to the small icon in the tray. Since you won't see your windows taskbar anyhow, it won't matter where it minimizes to
- next what you have to do is open your objectbar settings
- go to the 'dock contents' tab
- make sure the 'display open windows along with my icons' is ON
- below that in 'taskbar options' you want to make sure that you have one of those boxes checked (for however you want it to show up. this will probably already be done. i have the screenshot one selected so that my icon is the actual buddy list, so i don't confuse it with the real icon to start trillian)
now
what you have to do is, instead of hitting the 'hide' button in the upper right-hand corner of your trillian buddy list window every time you want it to go away, you have to click the icon itself in the objectbar taskbar. this minimizes it to your windows taskbar, which you can hide, like you want to do anyhow. just click the icon on the objectbar taskbar again to bring it back up. get used to using that to expand/reduce your buddy list, and you'll be good to go!
if you have any questions, feel free to email me
yourkaledrina@yahoo.com or IM me SouLesSfAtaLiTy (AIM)
