How did you make ElevenClock using Python?

[TechStudent10]

As a person who has used Python ever since I started coding, I've never seen ANYONE use Python like this. It kind of seems impossible that you were able to make ElevenClock, PURELY, using Python with this many options.

So how did you make it? What libraries are you using? I am really just curious because before I checked the "Language (percentage of how much of the repo used that language", I thought you were using C# or something like that!

[marticliment]

Hi @TechStudent11, i'm a 16 y/o student and, not gonna lie, when i look at the code I don't really understand what I really did😅. The main trick of the app is placing a Qt frameless window over the taskbar and place it at the bottom corner of the screen. The key to get system settings such as formats, etc I just used Winreg, a module to read registry. And for the fullscreen hiding, i just used some bindings to the win32 api.

For the settings window, it is just a regular window with lots of stylesheet to make it look as Windows 11 UWP.

[TechStudent10]

@martinet101 Okay, but how did you get it on the second screen? Whenever I try to Google it, it doesn't seem possible.

[marticliment]

Let's say I have a 19201080 at 0x0 and another 19201080 at 1920*0 (Monitor next to other). I just have to add 1920+1920 and subtract the clock's width, which makes (1920+1920-200)=3840-200=3640px, and i move the clock to the 3640px on the x. For the Ys is the same thing

[TechStudent10]

@martinet101 Oh so it's just math. Okay, thanks!

[marticliment]

Yep, basically it is math