Exactly 15 years ago, 7 Taskbar Tweaker v1.0 was released (changelog).
This continues the celebration tradition after the five years celebration and the ten years celebration. This time, it’s likely the last celebration as 7+ Taskbar Tweaker is doomed to become irrelevant soon. If you didn’t follow the recent blog posts, the short version is that Windows 11 comes with a new taskbar implementation, making 7+ Taskbar Tweaker incompatible and requiring a reimplementation of many of its options. After this realization, Windhawk, the customization marketplace for Windows and programs, was released to become the successor of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker. Many 7+ Taskbar Tweaker options were already ported to Windhawk mods, and it’s an ongoing effort to port more options and fill the gaps.
Below is a short timeline of the most notable milestones of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker during its lifetime.
Happy birthday! You served well!
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Updates on September 30th, 2024.
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The Taskbar Labels for Windows 11 mod was just updated to version 1.3, bringing two commonly requested options.
Combining modes
The Taskbar Labels for Windows 11 mod was published more than two years ago, when Windows 11 didn’t have labels out of the box. Eventually, Windows added labels, but like in previous Windows versions, you can only select between 2 modes:
- Show labels, don’t combine taskbar buttons
- Hide labels, combine taskbar buttons
The labels configuration is coupled to combining, and the two can’t be customized independently.
The new version of the mod changes that by providing the full range of options, allowing to select one of the four modes, as can be seen on the screenshot above:
- Show labels, don’t combine taskbar buttons
- Hide labels, combine taskbar buttons
- Show labels, combine taskbar buttons
- Hide labels, don’t combine taskbar buttons
Per-program label settings
Another common request was to configure labels per-program. Version 1.3 of the mod allows to select programs for which labels should be shown or hidden, depending on the selected mode.
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Updates on September 28th, 2024.
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Here’s another Windhawk mod that brings a 7+ Taskbar Tweaker option to Windows 11: Cycle through taskbar windows on click. It was a rather popular request on the list in Windhawk mods for the Windows 11 taskbar. The mod makes clicking on combined taskbar items cycle through windows instead of opening thumbnail previews.
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Updates on September 13th, 2024.
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