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How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
- Jul 30, 2024The November 2023 update added “never combined” mode on the taskbar for Windows 11. To find this feature, go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors. Set Combine taskbar buttons and hide labels to Never. It also added a separate setting for turning this feature on for other taskbars when you use multiple monitors.
Win11 has nothing new except the stupid start menu. Does Microsoft Windows team know anything about UX?
They just copied Mac style to make it 'beautiful' and don't care anything about users
- gujaratikanudoOct 25, 2021Copper Contributor:)) 😄
- rblinzlerDec 28, 2022Copper Contributor
'..don't care about users' - where have you been for the last 30yrs? Of course Microsoft doesn't care about users!
- JaxStuffJan 10, 2022Brass ContributorOMG .. Nailed It !!!!
Microsoft ... really soiled the sheets on this one ... I structured my work around the taskbar years ago and Windows 11 provides NO REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE !!! - spacevoyager410Jan 11, 2022Copper ContributorYes they blindly copied Mac taskbar which is useless in office environment where we have multiple emails open. Having tabs is So easy and fast than clicking through app menus.
I like iPhone and iPad but don’t like MacOS.- DeletedJan 11, 2022They are improving the taskbar to support all the old features, they are trying to make everything of new code that jus didn't support it yet. They are going to release it in the Anniversary update in the summer
- A1-A1Jan 11, 2022Gold Contributor
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Where do you get this information from?
In the summer, Windows has never been updated as a new version - provide the source of these novelties!
- Graham-STMCDec 03, 2022Steel ContributorThe new Start Menu brings everything closer to the centre of the screen, meaning far less travel over large areas to achieve simple tasks. The whole essence of Windows 11 is to focus on what is important rather than be distracted by rolling live tiles of information. The Widgets have been moved out of the way. The new Start Menu acts more like a tablet or phone screen - which is "naturally familiar" to most people. Please remember although it is an update to Windows 10, Windows 11 was built from the ground up. Features such as folders and more flexibility in the Start Menu are being introduced and as we all contribute more to this forum other improvements will be made. We cannot go back to Windows XP, although I do miss the perfection of Windows on PC AND tablet, with Windows Mobile on phone and Cortana linking it all together. Even Apple copied Windows Live Tiles introducing Widgets to iPhones and iPad tablets after Windows Mobile died.
- nathangriffithsprotempocomDec 03, 2022Brass Contributor
Graham-STMC I'm not sure what your point is but as a professional trying to use a PC I don't want or need it to be "familiar like a phone", i need it to work like a PC. The lack of an option to not combine task bar icons for users with multiple instances of applications running is a major retrograde step from the previous version since it makes trying to use Windows far more inefficient. There's no good reason, either technical or design, to have removed this as an option.
- jimvicksDec 03, 2022Brass Contributor
Graham-STMC not to sure what you are talking about. All we are all asking for is never combine back as an option, nothing else. Doesn’t impact the design of win 11 for anyone at all.
- Graham-STMCDec 03, 2022Steel ContributorAre you on the Dev or Beta channel of the Insider Program? It's coming back. In testing at the moment.