Expanded running program definition on task bar?

Hi All,

How did they did this:

https://ibb.co/FV23n7x

?

-T

T wrote:

How did they did this:
https://ibb.co/FV23n7x

Is it a taskbar icon (for the program), or is a toolbar in the taskbar
and the program icon is in the toolbar? For toolbars, you can choose to
show/hide a text label. When you lock the taskbar, the grid lines for
the edges of the toolbars disappear.

On 2020-08-11 21:19, VanguardLH wrote:
T wrote:

How did they did this:
https://ibb.co/FV23n7x

Is it a taskbar icon (for the program), or is a toolbar in the taskbar
and the program icon is in the toolbar? For toolbars, you can choose to
show/hide a text label. When you lock the taskbar, the grid lines for
the edges of the toolbars disappear.


It is the thing with the red arrow pointing to it. How
did they expand that?

And where?

T wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

T wrote:

How did they did this:
https://ibb.co/FV23n7x

Is it a taskbar icon (for the program), or is a toolbar in the taskbar
and the program icon is in the toolbar? For toolbars, you can choose to
show/hide a text label. When you lock the taskbar, the grid lines for
the edges of the toolbars disappear.

It is the thing with the red arrow pointing to it. How
did they expand that?

And where?

From your pic, I cannot tell the object pointed at is a program taskbar
icon, or a toolbar showing a shortcut with the toolbar configured to
show text labels (and with the taskbar locked, so borders are not shown
at the edges of toolbars). Unlock the taskbar to see if the object
suddenly delineates itself as a toolbar.

Does that icon+label disappear when you exit the program? Is it there
whether the program is loaded or not? If you right-click on that icon,
is there an option to unpin it from the taskbar?

On 2020-08-11 21:40, VanguardLH wrote:
T wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

T wrote:

How did they did this:
https://ibb.co/FV23n7x

Is it a taskbar icon (for the program), or is a toolbar in the taskbar
and the program icon is in the toolbar? For toolbars, you can choose to
show/hide a text label. When you lock the taskbar, the grid lines for
the edges of the toolbars disappear.

It is the thing with the red arrow pointing to it. How
did they expand that?

And where?

From your pic, I cannot tell the object pointed at is a program taskbar
icon, or a toolbar showing a shortcut with the toolbar configured to
show text labels (and with the taskbar locked, so borders are not shown
at the edges of toolbars). Unlock the taskbar to see if the object
suddenly delineates itself as a toolbar.

Does not matter


Does that icon+label disappear when you exit the program? Is it there
whether the program is loaded or not? If you right-click on that icon,
is there an option to unpin it from the taskbar?

yes



Icon+label is what I am after. And yes the label does
disappear after the program exits

T wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

T wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

T wrote:

How did they did this:
https://ibb.co/FV23n7x

Is it a taskbar icon (for the program), or is a toolbar in the taskbar
and the program icon is in the toolbar? For toolbars, you can choose to
show/hide a text label. When you lock the taskbar, the grid lines for
the edges of the toolbars disappear.

It is the thing with the red arrow pointing to it. How
did they expand that?

And where?

From your pic, I cannot tell the object pointed at is a program taskbar
icon, or a toolbar showing a shortcut with the toolbar configured to
show text labels (and with the taskbar locked, so borders are not shown
at the edges of toolbars). Unlock the taskbar to see if the object
suddenly delineates itself as a toolbar.

Does not matter

Does that icon+label disappear when you exit the program? Is it there
whether the program is loaded or not? If you right-click on that icon,
is there an option to unpin it from the taskbar?

yes

Icon+label is what I am after. And yes the label does
disappear after the program exits

So, it's a taskbar button for a running program, not a pinned program
and not a toolbar (without edge borders with a locked taskbar). Is this
the only taskbar button with a label, or do other taskbar buttons have
labels? That's a setting in Windows 10 regarding when buttons combine,
and when they'll have labels:

Right-click on taskbar and select Taskbar Settings. In the wizard,
check what you set for "Combine taskbar buttons". Even if there is only
1 taskbar button for a program (you don't have multiple instances of the
program currently loaded, just one), the "Always, hide labels" just
shows icons for program taskbar buttons.

Combine taskbar buttons
- Always, hide labels: Just show icons for taskbar buttons (no labels).
- When taskbar is full: Labels are shown until there are too many
buttons to show all at once.
- Never: The taskbar buttons will have labels. There is nor will there
be any combining of taskbar buttons.

Maybe you selected "When taskbar is full", so some buttons got squashed
to no longer show labels while other buttons are still wide enough to
show labels.

On 2020-08-11 22:18, VanguardLH wrote:
T wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

T wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

T wrote:

How did they did this:
https://ibb.co/FV23n7x

Is it a taskbar icon (for the program), or is a toolbar in the taskbar
and the program icon is in the toolbar? For toolbars, you can choose to
show/hide a text label. When you lock the taskbar, the grid lines for
the edges of the toolbars disappear.

It is the thing with the red arrow pointing to it. How
did they expand that?

And where?

From your pic, I cannot tell the object pointed at is a program taskbar
icon, or a toolbar showing a shortcut with the toolbar configured to
show text labels (and with the taskbar locked, so borders are not shown
at the edges of toolbars). Unlock the taskbar to see if the object
suddenly delineates itself as a toolbar.

Does not matter

Does that icon+label disappear when you exit the program? Is it there
whether the program is loaded or not? If you right-click on that icon,
is there an option to unpin it from the taskbar?

yes

Icon+label is what I am after. And yes the label does
disappear after the program exits

So, it's a taskbar button for a running program, not a pinned program
and not a toolbar (without edge borders with a locked taskbar). Is this
the only taskbar button with a label, or do other taskbar buttons have
labels? That's a setting in Windows 10 regarding when buttons combine,
and when they'll have labels:

Right-click on taskbar and select Taskbar Settings. In the wizard,
check what you set for "Combine taskbar buttons". Even if there is only
1 taskbar button for a program (you don't have multiple instances of the
program currently loaded, just one), the "Always, hide labels" just
shows icons for program taskbar buttons.

Combine taskbar buttons
- Always, hide labels: Just show icons for taskbar buttons (no labels).
- When taskbar is full: Labels are shown until there are too many
buttons to show all at once.
- Never: The taskbar buttons will have labels. There is nor will there
be any combining of taskbar buttons.

Maybe you selected "When taskbar is full", so some buttons got squashed
to no longer show labels while other buttons are still wide enough to
show labels.


Ah Ha! That was it. It was on "When Task Bar is Full".
I had seen it before, but I did not know what it meant.

Thank you!