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Copper Contributor

Jun 08, 2023

Snapped window groups and individual windows

So Windows 11 introduced the option to group windows by using the snapping layout feature. It also allows you to show the group when alt-tab-ing or when hoving over the windows on the taskbar for ex...

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YarotskiU

Copper Contributor

Nov 16, 2023

Totally with you on this. Having snap groups appear as one thing in Alt+Tab would be a game changer for keeping things neat and easy to navigate. Why see all those windows separately when you’re thinking of them as one group? This would make flipping through tasks way smoother.

nospamme

Copper Contributor

Dec 26, 2023

YarotskiU - not all of us work the same way. I DO want to see all my windows individually on taskbar and never wanted them grouped. After using Win 11 for a while dislike that aspect. Reason: The group windows with small icons is almost unusable and far less efficient for how I work. I do wish that were an option that could be toggled and am not alone in that complaint. I'd rather not have to try to use a suboptimal work-around with two monitors or go to a 43" monitor to do what I used to do better with ungrouped windows within apps on a 27" screen.

drkp89
Copper Contributor
Jun 26, 2024
you can disable Snap Group if you do not want this functionality. However, I do agree that when Snap Group is used, individual windows should not be shown. Currently, there are duplicate windows of the same applications -- those in the Snap Group and those individual. Windows 11 should show one or the other, not both (screenshot).