PowerToys do not respect Windows animation settings

Created on 3 Apr 2020  路  3Comments  路  Source: microsoft/PowerToys

Environment

Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19587.1000]
PowerToys version: 0.16.0
PowerToy module for which you are reporting the bug (if applicable): FancyZones, Window Walker

Steps to reproduce

Disable animations in windows:

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Expected behavior

All fade-in, hover, etc. effects in FancyZones and Window Walker should be disabled. Pretty much all MS programs support this, including Office and Edge Chromium.

Actual behavior

The setting is ignored.

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Most helpful comment

+1 when using fancyzones over remote desktop the zone fade in animation is very slow and unnecessary.

All 3 comments

Hi @seritools
thanks for pointing this out.

We will open individual issues or add a detailed list of each module that is not complaint.

+1 when using fancyzones over remote desktop the zone fade in animation is very slow and unnecessary.

Yep, came here to say the same thing. Glad someone else reported it. FancyZones is very difficult over a Remote Desktop connection with any latency (long distance WAN over VPN, etc.) due to this.

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