I've been using PA for a while and it just keeps getting better, thanks guys.
One feature I've been wishing for though is to have the menu pop up in the proper corner. For example, I keep my Taskbar along the left side of the screen (every vertical pixel is precious), which puts the tray in the lower-left corner, but the PA menu still pops up in the lower right, on the opposite side of the screen. Same problem with the taskbar along the top, where PA should be at the top-right corner.
Now sure, I can drag the window to where I want it and have it stay there (thanks by the way, that was a big improvement), but then I have to do that every time I change to a computer with a different taskbar position, which can be several times a day as I move between "my" computers and other people's.
Now I'm not sure how to detect the taskbar position, but it seems to me that if nothing else it would be pretty easy to detect the cursor position when the tray icon was clicked and display the menu in the closest corner. Maybe make it an option so you can have manual or automatic initial position control.
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It comes up in whatever position you had it in, one of nine locations. A combination of left, center or right and top, middle or bottom. It has no relation to the taskbar. The position is saved on exit, so be sure you exit properly (pulling the drive or shutting own Windows will prevent it from saving).
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Indeed, I still remember how glad I was when it started remembering the position between uses so it would be properly positioned at home, in the office, etc. My problem is in the following scenario at work where I may en up using dozens of computers a day:
Using in my office - move menu to bottom-left corner. Go work on another computer, move menu to bottom-right corner. Return to office... etc. etc. etc. The remembered position just doesn't help in that case, and moving the menu starts getting annoying after the tenth or twentieth time in a day - an auto-positioning option would be a great nuisance-mitigator.
It may help to stop using the taskbar or system tray and use the hotkey. Ctrl-Alt-Space. Keep it in the same place all the time and don't think about it in terms of the task bar.
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