Yah, it was really wierd. It did work! But then...it didn't.
What I ended up doing was just setting a fixed width effects window and placed it where I wanted it. Another post here clued me in to the "alwaysontop" property so I'm satisfied for now.
I do like your way of doing it...but how would I deal with tooltips? I kinda like the Playerinfo tooltip (though with my modifications I suppose I don't need it). When I feel like changing all my windows (again lol) I'll give this idea a shot
Thanks!!