MINIMIZEDMETRICS Structure

Type MINIMIZEDMETRICS
  cbSize As Long
  iWidth As Long
  iHorzGap As Long
  iVertGap As Long
  iArrange As Long
End Type

MINIMIZEDMETRICS-type variable hold information about the metrics of minimized windows. The metrics of minimized windows specify various properties that Windows uses to work with all minimized windows. The structure stores these metrics.

cbSize

The size in bytes of the structure.

iWidth

The width in pixels of minimized windows.

iHorzGap

The horizontal space in pixels between arranged minimized windows.

iVertGap

The vertical space in pixels between arranged minimized windows.

iArrange

Exactly two of the following flags specifying the method used to display minimized windows. One flag specifies a starting position for the minimized icons and the other specifies the direction in which new ones are added:

ARW_BOTTOMLEFT = 0

Start placing the icons in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

ARW_BOTTOMRIGHT = 1

Start placing the icons in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

ARW_DOWN = 4

Add new icons below existing ones.

ARW_HIDE = 8

Do not place the icons anywhere on the screen (i.e., hide them).

ARW_LEFT = 0

Add new icons to the left of existing ones.

ARW_RIGHT = 4

Add new icons to the right of existing ones.

ARW_STARTRIGHT = 1

Same as ARW_BOTTOMRIGHT.

ARW_STARTTOP = 2

Same as ARW_TOPLEFT.

ARW_TOPLEFT = 2

Start placing the icons in the top-left corner of the screen.

ARW_TOPRIGHT = 3

Start placing the icons in the top-right corner of the screen.

ARW_UP = 0

Add new icons above existing ones.

Used by: SystemParametersInfo

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