  A non-standing character of directly imaged spin-waves in confined
micron-sized ultrathin permalloy (Ni\textsubscript{80}Fe\textsubscript{20})
structures is reported along with evidence of the possibility to alter the
observed state by modifications to the sample geometry. Using micromagnetic
simulations the presence of the spin-wave modes excited in the permalloy
stripes along with the quasi-uniform modes were calculated. The predicted
spin-waves were imaged in direct space using time resolved scanning
transmission X-ray microscopy, combined with a ferromagnetic resonance
excitation scheme (STXM-FMR). STXM-FMR measurements revealed a non-standing
character of the spin-waves. Also it was shown by micromagnetic simulations and
confirmed with STXM-FMR results that the observed character of the spin-waves
can be influenced by the local magnetic fields in different sample geometries.
