Other marks than [#] ... [#] for sandboxed apps

[OwenBurnett]

Hi,
How about having an obtional different marks for Sandboxed Programs insatd of this [#] ... [#].
I would like somethink Red edges for Sandboxed windows, it would be cool if I could specify different colors for different sandboxes.

Owen

[street011]

greenborder uses something like that (exactly that, a green border ), it's a pre i think, would be nice if sandboxie could have this feature.

[OwenBurnett]

Hi,
indeed greenborder have also such feature,
I actualy was thinking about the (censored) it have a red border,

there is a layout difference, GB draws the green part outside the edges, BZ overdraws a part of the regulary windows XP edge so the windows does not become larger.

I actualy would brefer the BZ look.

Owen

[tzuk]

I appreciate the thought to make Sandboxie "prettier" in this regard, but painting stuff outside the window is more complicated and more intrusive to the application, than adding a small piece of text the title.

[street011]

I appreciate the thought to make Sandboxie "prettier" in this regard, but painting stuff outside the window is more complicated and more intrusive to the application, than adding a small piece of text the title.

afaik it's indeed easier to colorize already existing parts of a window, so maybe just a red title bar or maybe red borders (already existing, not ouside) will do the trick?

[tzuk]

This is my technical reasoning.

Sandboxie can easily intercept an application request to "SetWindowTitle" and stick the [#] mark there before passing the request on to the system.

But, there is no application request to "DrawColorfulBorderInsideOrOutsideWindow" Actually it's the other way around, the OS is making a request to the app, to repaint its window.

I'm not saying this is impossible to do (obviously, as the other programs mentioned here do it). But I am saying it's intrusive to the application, and will likely interfere with (at least) a few programs, so not worth the effort.

[street011]

okay... i understand, it's no loss i think.

It would just make it more obvious if an app was running sandboxed.

[Unknown_User_684]

I think that marking the window title is a good idea, as it is clear but unobtrusive. Rather than [#] though, I would like to see [1], [2] ... etc, indicating which sandbox the program is running in, following the order that the sandboxes are displayed in the switch list.

This would have the advantage that when two or more browser sessions are running in different sandboxes at the same time, it would be clear from the window title which sandbox each session was running in.

[OwenBurnett]

How will you know what number represents what sandbox?
Make if [#ID] where you can set the ID for evenr SB to an arbitrary srting in the sb.ini and I'm in and if ID is not set than only [#] will be shown.

Owen

[Unknown_User_684]

If the switch list numbered the sandboxes, it would be self-evident. For example, Ive borrowed GreenBorder's idea and set up an additional sandbox called PrivacyZone for use only with banking and shopping sites. What I'm suggesting is that the switch list (in my case) could display something like this:

[1] DefaultBox
[2] PrivacyZone

To illustrate how this would work, let's say I open three browser sessions, with the first and third running in the DefaultBox and the second running in the PrivacyZone. The window titles would be numbered [1], [2], [1], respectively, making it absolutely clear which sandbox each session is running in avoiding any possible confusion. By marking every window title with [#], there is no easy way of knowing which sandbox a sesion is running in, other than the user remembering which sandbox was used to first launch the session.