Fences v3.04 now available

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Fences v3.04 now available

The Fences v3.0.4 update is now available. This has a variety of fixes including a number for the Windows 10 Creator's Update.

Changes include:

Fixed issue where details-view Folder Portals would not remember column order, size
Fixed issue where icon-view Folder Portals would not remember icon size in Windows 10 Creator's Edition
Fixed issue where icon label would not clipped by Fence area in multi-DPI scenarios in Windows 10 Creator's Edition
Improved upgrade method for replacing files
Fixed issue where Fence size could repeatedly grow larger in Windows 10 Creator's Edition
Fixed issue where it's possible to move icons off-screen in multimon scenarios.
Fixed bug with wallpaper shuffling
Fixed bug with background blur when wallpapers are set independently per-monitor (Win10+)
Fixed issue with icon spacing with DPI's greater than 100% in Windows 10 Creator's Edition
Fixed issue where icons would jump around on moves, deletes, additions on Windows 10 Creator's Edition
Fixed issue with desktop icon spacing on systems with multiple monitors with multiple DPIs on Windows 10 Creator's Edition
Improved most High-DPI visuals up to 350%
High-DPI compatibility improvements
Per-monitor DPI compatibility for Fence visuals. Titlebars scale on per monitor basis as fence is moved between monitors.
Improved startup time
Fixed issue with drawing, where icons would appear partially black while clicking desktop

You can download the latest update from your Stardock account here or via Steam if purchased https://stardock.cachefly.net/Fences-3.04_setup_sd.exe.

For more information about Fences, please visit www.stardock.com/products/fences.

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I have Fences 3.04.12 installed, which is a great product, and I've found this bug:

Normally, when hiding the desktop icons by double-clicking the desktop, it requires double-clicking the desktop to make the icons re-appear.

But, when "Automatically hide icons when desktop is not in use" is enabled, and either the start-menu or a window is in the foreground, single-clicking the desktop causes the icons to re-appear. However, when the desktop is in the foreground, single-clicking does not cause hidden desktop icons to re-appear, and a person must double-click to cause the desktop icons to re-appear, as is normal.

With "Automatically hide icons when desktop is not in use" enabled and in its current state, single-clicking the desktop while the start-menu or a window is in the foreground causes a lot of unwanted cases of the desktop icons re-appearing. Single-clicking the desktop is a means to make the start-menu disappear without selecting something from it. It's also a way to de-select a window.

Because of this unintended action of revealing the desktop icons while trying to do various other actions that aren't meant to involve un-hiding the desktop icons, I have stopped using the "Automatically hide icons when desktop is not in use" feature, and have set Fences to just use normal hide on double-click. But it would be nice if this would be fixed, and then I would use the automatic-hide feature.

BTW, is screen layout preservation feature under Layout & Snapping new? I didn't notice it before. It sounds useful, because I like to play older games that I buy from GoG, which use small resolutions, and can really mess up my icon layout when I launch them. I haven't had a chance to test this feature yet, but if it preserves my icon layout when I play a 640x480 game and then return to my 2560x1440 desktop, then excellent job, Stardock!

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Quoting Delicieuxz,

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I've tried preserving my desktop icon layout with this setting several times now, and, unfortunately, it doesn't preserve the layout of desktop icons, only of fences.

Please add the feature of preserving desktop icon layout, Stardock. That would truly make Fences an essential part of any Windows system that changes resolutions depending on the application being run. I'm actually amazed that Windows doesn't preserve desktop icons with resolution changed by default, but then, I'm amazed at a lot of the things Microsoft does and doesn't do with Windows.

A way this could be implemented is if double-clicking the desktop to hide all fences will preserve the layout of desktop icons while the icons are hidden. Another way is to preserve the layout based on screen-resolution, just like the layout of fences are preserved.

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