Setting inactive regions

[blizzsaint]

Hello,

I am trying to set up my window layout. I am not interested in window broadcasting. In my attempt to maximize performance, I have also disabled instant window swapping since I don't want my game resolution synchronized.

What I want is to be able to see all my other windows, but only play on the main one. Based on the picture below, I only want regions 1 and 14 to be intractable. If I want to move to the character on region 2, I want to click that region and have it swap into region 1.

https://imgur.com/a/AzSzZ

Any help is appreciated.

[MiRai]

I don't want my game resolution synchronized

What I want is to be able to see all my other windows

Just in case there was any confusion, because it almost read like it, the two above statements are not synonymous with each other.

I only want regions 1 and 14 to be intractable. If I want to move to the character on region 2, I want to click that region and have it swap into region 1.

The behavior you describe is the default behavior, so what isn't working?

[blizzsaint]

Thanks for your response.

With respect to the game resolution synchronization, I read that this is important for broadcasting. In a video, it was explained that, even if I see the window as being smaller, it is actually being synchronized to be the size of the main window - which can cause performance issues.

I am trying to optimize my layout such that the side windows use the absolute minimum amount of power, but nonetheless let me see and switch to them when needed. That's why I disabled synchronization, because I figured I didn't need it. That's also why I am trying to reach a state where the side windows are "background" windows (not sure if this is the right term for them) when only the selected window is the one receiving commands.

Sorry if I am lost and what I am saying doesn't make sense.

[blizzsaint]

On a related point, i am also trying to make it so that I can cascade certain windows and fix them in place, so that if I click on one portion of a window it will not bring up the whole thing. Is that possible?

[mbox_bob]

You said you wanted to be able to click on a smaller window, and have it swap to a larger region (in your image, 2 - 13 would swap with 1 and 15-26 would swap with 14). As MiRai said, this is pretty much the default behaviour, and if it is not working for you, then you need to explain what about it is not working, and probably share your profile http://www.isboxer.com/wiki/Configuration_Sharing

And now you don't want to swap when clicking only on a certain portion?. Going to say you wont get all your wishes in this world, because that sounds damn tricky. Have it swap when certain portions of a window are clicked on but not others. It probably could be done with VideoFX, but that would require synchronising the resolutions, which you've indicated you don't want to do because of performance reasons (although the obvious choice would be to get better hardware and not run on a hamster in a shoebox)

[MiRai]

And now you don't want to swap when clicking only on a certain portion?. Going to say you wont get all your wishes in this world, because that sounds damn tricky.

I agree that it'd be damn tricky. My thought was that a ClickBar, overlaid on a portion of the window, could be used to make the regions swap—it'd present when the window was in the background, placed wherever, and toggled off when it was in focus.

However, I wouldn't want to set that up because that'd require an immense amount of custom Mapped Keys—you'd literally be building the twenty-six-region Window Layout with ISBoxer Actions (no thank you)—and after it was done you might find out that it's not really what you wanted to begin with (I also don't know how well it'd work without matching resolutions).