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mark_k · 27 December 2012, 18:52

I was thinking that if OSD↔statusbar toggling were implemented, WinUAE would (when going from status bar to OSD) remove/close the status bar window and reduce the height of the emulation window correspondingly. The size of the emulated display/DirectX surface etc. wouldn't need to change.

The idea being, the OSD basically duplicates information in the status bar so it's not necessary to show both. In order to switch from one to the other the user needs to change both OSD and window style settings. Whereas a hotkey could be used to quickly toggle between OSD + minimal window, and no OSD + standard window.

27 December 2012, 18:52	#5
mark_k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Posts: 3,344	I was thinking that if OSD↔statusbar toggling were implemented, WinUAE would (when going from status bar to OSD) remove/close the status bar window and reduce the height of the emulation window correspondingly. The size of the emulated display/DirectX surface etc. wouldn't need to change. The idea being, the OSD basically duplicates information in the status bar so it's not necessary to show both. In order to switch from one to the other the user needs to change both OSD and window style settings. Whereas a hotkey could be used to quickly toggle between OSD + minimal window, and no OSD + standard window.