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Added setting to horizontally offset start button #2524

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Adjust start button alignment for Windows 11
hxmid Aug 26, 2026
6397cce
added setting for start button offset
hxmid Aug 26, 2026
efe1f64
reverted unintentional whitespace changes, and allowed offset to be u…
hxmid Aug 28, 2026
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fixed one more unintentional whitespace change and updated one additi…
hxmid Aug 28, 2026
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/SettingsUI.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -4456,6 +4456,7 @@ CSetting g_Settings[]={
{L"CustomButton",CSetting::TYPE_RADIO,IDS_CUSTOM_BUTTON,IDS_CUSTOM_BUTTON_TIP},
{L"StartButtonPath",CSetting::TYPE_BITMAP,IDS_BUTTON_IMAGE,IDS_BUTTON_IMAGE_TIP,L"",0,L"#StartButtonType=2",L"CustomButton"},
{L"StartButtonSize",CSetting::TYPE_INT,IDS_BUTTON_SIZE,IDS_BUTTON_SIZE_TIP2,0,0,L"#StartButtonType=2",L"CustomButton"},
{L"StartButtonOffset",CSetting::TYPE_INT,IDS_BUTTON_OFFSET,IDS_BUTTON_OFFSET_TIP,0,0,L"#StartButtonType=2",L"CustomButton"},
{L"StartButtonAlign",CSetting::TYPE_BOOL,IDS_BUTTON_ALIGN,IDS_BUTTON_ALIGN_TIP,0,0,L"#StartButtonType=2",L"CustomButton"},
{L"StartButtonIcon",CSetting::TYPE_ICON,IDS_BUTTON_ICON,IDS_BUTTON_ICON_TIP,L",1",0,L"#StartButtonType=1",L"ClasicButton"},
{L"StartButtonIconSize",CSetting::TYPE_INT,IDS_BUTTON_ICON_SIZE,IDS_BUTTON_ICON_SIZE_TIP,0,0,L"#StartButtonType=1",L"ClasicButton"},
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5157,7 +5158,7 @@ void InitSettings( void )
InitSettings(g_Settings,COMPONENT_MENU,&g_CustomSettings);
}

static int g_ButtonPath, g_ButtonSize, g_ButtonIcon, g_ButtonIconSize, g_ButtonText, g_ButtonTip;
static int g_ButtonPath, g_ButtonSize, g_ButtonIcon, g_ButtonOffset, g_ButtonIconSize, g_ButtonText, g_ButtonTip;
static bool g_bButtonEnable, g_bTaskbarsChanged, g_bTaskbarsUpdated;

static void StoreButtonSettings( void )
Expand All @@ -5175,6 +5176,7 @@ static void StoreButtonSettings( void )
if (g_ButtonPath==START_BUTTON_CUSTOM)
g_ButtonPath=CalcFNVHash(GetSettingString(L"StartButtonPath"));
g_ButtonSize=GetSettingInt(L"StartButtonSize");
g_ButtonOffset=GetSettingInt(L"StartButtonOffset");
g_ButtonIconSize=GetSettingInt(L"StartButtonIconSize");
}

Expand All @@ -5191,7 +5193,7 @@ static void UpdateButtons( bool bForce )
}
if (path==START_BUTTON_CUSTOM)
path=CalcFNVHash(GetSettingString(L"StartButtonPath"));
bool bRecreate=(g_bButtonEnable!=GetSettingBool(L"EnableStartButton") || path!=g_ButtonPath || g_ButtonSize!=GetSettingInt(L"StartButtonSize")
bool bRecreate=(g_bButtonEnable!=GetSettingBool(L"EnableStartButton") || path!=g_ButtonPath || g_ButtonSize!=GetSettingInt(L"StartButtonSize") || g_ButtonOffset!=GetSettingInt(L"StartButtonOffset")
|| g_ButtonIcon!=icon || g_ButtonIconSize!=GetSettingInt(L"StartButtonIconSize") || g_ButtonText!=text || g_ButtonTip!=tip);
if ((g_bTaskbarsChanged && !g_bTaskbarsUpdated) || bForce || bRecreate)
{
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/StartMenuDLL.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -1347,6 +1347,9 @@ static void UpdateStartButtonPosition(const TaskbarInfo* taskBar, const WINDOWPO
// We will shift our Aero button to cover original button
if (IsWin11() && (x == info.rcMonitor.left) && (GetStartButtonType() == START_BUTTON_AERO) && !g_epTaskbar)
x += ScaleForDpi(taskBar->taskBar, 6);

if (GetStartButtonType() == START_BUTTON_CUSTOM)
x += ScaleForDpi(taskBar->taskBar, GetSettingInt(L"StartButtonOffset"));
}

RECT rcButton = { x, y, x + taskBar->startButtonSize.cx, y + taskBar->startButtonSize.cy };
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/StartMenuDLL.rc
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Expand Up @@ -1073,6 +1073,8 @@ BEGIN
IDS_MENU_GLASS "Enable Aero Glass (requires Aero Glass mod)"
IDS_MENU_GLASS_TIP "Check this to use glass transparency (requires the Aero Glass mod to be installed)"
IDS_MAIN_MENU_SETTINGS "Main Menu"
IDS_BUTTON_OFFSET "Button offset"
IDS_BUTTON_OFFSET_TIP "Offset the start button horizontally by the amount of pixels specified"
END

STRINGTABLE
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/resource.h
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Expand Up @@ -786,6 +786,8 @@
#define IDS_ENABLE_ACCELERATORS_TIP 3687
#define IDS_ALT_ACCELERATORS 3688
#define IDS_ALT_ACCELERATORS_TIP 3689
#define IDS_BUTTON_OFFSET 3690
#define IDS_BUTTON_OFFSET_TIP 3691
#define IDS_STRING7001 7001
#define IDS_STRING7002 7002
#define IDS_STRING7003 7003
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