Is there a way to force enable the tab animations in Groupy 2?

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Is there a way to force enable the tab animations in Groupy 2? About a year ago, I posted on this forum asking whether Groupy 2's tab animations should follow the system settings. Strangely, the post seems to have been deleted and I can’t find it now. After my post, you apparently addressed the issue and added the G2_ForceNoAnimsOnTabs registry entry. However, I recently upgraded to the latest version of Groupy and noticed that turning off tab animations looks terrible—every time a new window appears, it briefly flickers at its starting position before being repositioned to the tabbed window location. This flickering doesn’t happen when tab animations are enabled. I regret raising that issue earlier. My system animations have always been disabled. How can I re-enable the tab animations? The G2_ForceNoAnimsOnTabs registry entry only disables animations.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Not really sure what you mean by tab animations. Please elaborate.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 1
Hello, Not really sure what you mean by tab animations. Please elaborate. Thank you, Basj, Stardock Community Assistant.

This feature is part of the 2.1.5 update. The 2.1.5 update notes mention: "Detects if the user has client area animations disabled and if so disables the Groupy tab animations. G2_ForceNoAnimsOnTabs = "1" would also force this."

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting pelaird, reply 2


If you have disabled animations in the system settings, this switch will have no effect.

The 2.1.5 update notes mention: "Detects if the user has client area animations disabled and if so disables the Groupy tab animations. G2_ForceNoAnimsOnTabs = "1" would also force this."

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

This is what I get on my Registry and Groupy2 tab animation work okay. And do not animate tabs option is turn off.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 5

This is what I get on my Registry and Groupy2 tab animation work okay. And do not animate tabs option is turn off.



Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

If you disable Windows' system animations, the setting G2_ForceNoAnimsOnTabs becomes ineffective regardless of its value. Let’s not focus on tab animations for now. I’ve noticed that even if I successfully enable tab animations, every time a new window appears, it briefly flickers at its starting position before being repositioned to the tabbed window location. This issue persists, and I initially thought it was related to disabling tab animations. However, now that I’ve enabled tab animations, the problem remains. Reverting to version 2.1.2.1 resolves the issue. So, the current problem is: how can we fix the flickering issue when new windows are opened?

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Strangely this is what I get when trying to read your post on my system. This was from firefox but the same if I use Chrome. Not sure what is going on.

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

BTW, this is what I get on my system. Not seeing any flickers when adding new tab.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

Does the issue only appear on 7zip or any other application on your system? 

Also, Please try, uninstall Groupy2, reboot immediately (important), download latest version available in your account product download page: https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products. Install it, reboot immediately again. Retest it and report back.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

This is what I get on 7-zip groupy tabs.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 11

This is what I get on 7-zip groupy tabs.



Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

After uninstalling Groupy, restarting, and reinstalling Groupy 2.2.0.1, the issue persisted. However, reinstalling version 2.1.2.1 resolved the problem. The issue isn’t limited to 7z—all applications flicker when adding tabs. For example, when an .exe opens, its default window position is centered. If you move the window to the left and then open a second instance of the same .exe, the new window still initially appears in the center before being added to the tab group on the left, as demonstrated in my video. This behavior was tested and reproduced on both versions 26100.712 and 22635.4945 with identical results.

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi hylotrophy,

Thanks for posting.  We have this logged for internal review.

Internal Ref: ODNT-9573

Best regards,

Adam McGuinness
Stardock Customer Support Specialist