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Published: 2006-01-28 04:06:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 17819; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 9632
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Description New version available -- Updated 02.09.06!!

I started this this project a couple of months ago and never really finished it because there wasn't (in my eyes) a huge demand for something like it. That changed when I saw Andrew announce the upcoming program "[URL="http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=31904"]Nubs[/URL]".

That got me inspired and so I decided to finish off my little contribution to the StickyWindows for Windows clone arena. This probably isn't the best application out there (Andrew's will probably be much better than this) but it's fun and easy to use.

Just drag the window you want to tab off-screen (either left or right for now, might add in top and bottom support if there's enough requests) and a tab will fade into view while GhostTabs hides the window. If you want the window back, simply click on the tab and the window will fade into view again on screen.

If you want to simply take a peek at the window, keep the tab by right-clicking it and selecting 'Show Window'. When you're done, right-click the tab again and select 'Hide Window'.

Also, the tab will update to reflect the title of the window so you'll always know which tab controls which window.

Change Log:
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Version 0.5 - (02.09.06)

- Fixed 'pulling away' of tabs from screen edge.
- Prevented tabs from being dragged off-screen.
- Truncated tab text if window title is longer than 35 characters.
- Context menu in system tray is fully functional now.
- Added auto-delete of tab if window no longer exists.
- More things I can't remember at the moment...
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Comments: 23

person1193 [2009-11-07 21:47:36 +0000 UTC]

the preview looked great but i have it running and its not working...how do you install the dll file?

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1337joe-pwnz94 [2008-09-05 19:16:01 +0000 UTC]

dosent work
you should fix tht...

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guri-fx [2007-12-21 13:37:44 +0000 UTC]

great utility.....dude thats excellent and no complaints this time

works like a charm

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tyt20423 [2007-02-18 07:12:32 +0000 UTC]

laushung, can you explain how to register the .dll file ? I've no idea realli....

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Sp1ken [2007-02-12 00:33:54 +0000 UTC]

I can't really make it work for me

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blajano [2006-10-17 22:37:20 +0000 UTC]

oh, now works. is so awesome, really, but you could slow down the fade effect when you open a tab to window...

anyway, just an awesome app

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blajano [2006-10-17 22:20:51 +0000 UTC]

i can run the .exe but it doesnt work...

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molotowww [2006-08-15 11:49:58 +0000 UTC]

ive registered the dll but it still doesnt work for me

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p0ly3000 [2006-08-08 02:08:41 +0000 UTC]

Sounds great, but doesnt work for me too! regsvr32 AutoItX3.dll ??

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IanWoods [2006-04-25 17:30:45 +0000 UTC]

Good Idea m8 pity it's not working for me , how do I register the , dll .I think if you post that information it would help out nubs like me. thanks.

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Psyha [2006-03-17 01:07:08 +0000 UTC]

Is this a plugin for another program? it isnt working for me.

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stokd [2006-03-06 22:57:04 +0000 UTC]

Looks cool, it doesn't work for me though

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tgot [2006-02-18 13:39:08 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I love this! My only gripes are that the fading takes too long and tabs dont appear on to of all the other windows. Other than that and a few smalle rthings its great!

Perhaps you could add the preferences panel so things like Always on Top and fade time can be modified by the end user.

Keep up the great work!

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laushung In reply to tgot [2006-02-19 14:29:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for the encouragement!! Expect another update some time in the next few days. Hopefully it addresses some of your suggestions.

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laushung [2006-02-08 05:37:57 +0000 UTC]

This program IS for windows so I do not know why you would need a 'Windows clone'... First and only question, have you registered the .dll file that was bundled with it?

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EricJD [2006-02-08 04:44:49 +0000 UTC]

won't work for me either.

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ThE-UnKO-LeMa [2006-02-07 10:11:04 +0000 UTC]

it doesnt appear to be working for me

Do i need another program to run this?Windows clone?

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ptrcstn [2006-02-01 17:19:14 +0000 UTC]

Any updates... can't wait to try it.

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gareth13 [2006-01-31 23:29:46 +0000 UTC]

it wont work for me!
i right click then enable then i drag a window to the side and it just stays there, no tab

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laushung In reply to gareth13 [2006-02-01 06:47:26 +0000 UTC]

How far off-screen are you dragging the window? It needs to be at least 10 pixels off before GhostTabs will grab it. And, the 'enable' option in this version does not work so it's not the problem.

I will be updating the new version later tonight (Aus. EST) with some bug fixes and added features.

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hria [2006-01-31 09:41:02 +0000 UTC]

i shall tri this...i'll tell...for the moment i love the ghost

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lukevink [2006-01-28 10:13:53 +0000 UTC]

hey, my name is luke vink, i downloaded this program, and did everything right. Its an awesome program! but i changed the settings so that it opens in the taskbar, and now i cant change any settings!!! HELP!

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laushung In reply to lukevink [2006-01-29 02:04:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the comment! That seems to be a bug and I will work on fixing it for the next release which will have its own preference window. For now all I can suggest is deleting the program and re-downloading it. Hopefully it'll reset.

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