Time / Date pop-up settings

I've done a fair bit of searching on this one so I hope I've missed something or someone can help.

When scrolling using the lower arrow in a maximized browser window, occasionally I hit the clock causing the massive pop-up. I can change the clock to the Win32 one and I can find lots of help on disabling the Windows 8 Charms, but nothing on disabling the 'click-to-show' clock pop-up.

I'm happy to retain right/click 'Adjust time/date' function for when I purposely click it.

I suppose I could resize the scrollbar properties to have a bigger button but I think this would throw a lot of websites out of whack and I'm not quite ready to accept it's time for the geriatrics home just yet - I believe my fine motor skills are still just that. Maybe it's lazy pointer control, but the amount of times I hit it is getting frustrating.

TIA.

Kari said:

Hi Winactive, welcome to the Ten Forums.

I am sorry but as far as I know, all easy solutions are something you might not want to do.

Thanks! Good thinking, but you are right, not things I want to do

Turning the clock off is not an option, I do look at it. Just wish it would stay in place! Plus, the Action Centre pop-up is even bigger! I do sometimes search future dates via that pop-up (obviously without saving).

For same reasons as I outlined, side-pinned task bar does not work for me, it changes screen dimensions for browser and might invoke sideways scrolling. Plus, I tried it and just don't like animations for Start menu (I use Start Menu replacement), it makes me feel giddy!

I think a lot of this stems from newer touchpad designs. I would have the seperate click buttons plus an actual real scroll wheel adjacent to the pad! I don't like gestures and hot zones, so they are disabled in UEFI [Basic mode] and driver is not loaded so it detects as PS/2 mouse.

Kari said:

Your arguments are solid. Just one small counter argument: My Taskbar as seen in the screenshot in my previous post is 210 pixels wide, leaving me 1710 pixels horizontally for browsers and applications to use on a standard 1920*1080 display. I have yet not found any websites where that 1710 pixels would not be enough, where I would need scroll horizontally.

Kari

My display would not meet with your approval - it is a 1366x768 panel. Plus, maybe my eyes are not so great at 1920x1080, I would hit the scroll arrow even less and perhaps the clock even more!