7 Taskbar Tweaker v3.0

7 Taskbar Tweaker v3.0 is here!

New options in this release:

  • Mouse wheel options. You can scroll between taskbar items with the mouse wheel, as well as minimize/restore a window when hovering a taskbar item or a thumbnail.
  • Decombining the active group. This option will keep the currently active group decombined, similarly to the “decombine on mouse hover” feature.


Also in this release:

  • New interface logic. The options are now divided into three categories: Taskbar items, Grouping and combining, and Other, which will make it easier for you to navigate through them, and will make it easier for me to add new options. Special thanks to Arcyon for giving me some tips about the interface.
  • Improved stability. The previous versions had some flaws regarding thread safety. This could rarely lead to a crash, a Taskbar Inspector window that does not close, or some other issue. The new version fixes these.

I’ve also made a video that demonstrates the new (and some of the old) features:

P.S. Not all the languages form the previous version are available in the new one at the moment, sorry for that.

Posted in Software, Updates by Michael (Ramen Software) on October 22nd, 2011.
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20 Responses to “7 Taskbar Tweaker v3.0”

  1. chodorowicz says:
    October 23, 2011 at 11:25 am  (Quote)

    Thanks so much for the update! The mouse wheel minimize/restore is great!

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  2. xpclient says:
    October 26, 2011 at 4:59 pm  (Quote)

    Some feature requests for 7 Taskbar Tweaker:

    1. Instead of hovering over taskbar thumbnail to minimize, can you add click? Currently clicking any thumbnail always restores it, no way to minimize by left clicking a thumbnail.

    2. More options for Taskbar Inspector:
    a. Option to only show running programs and not pinned apps.
    b. App name column.
    c. Ctrl+A to select all like Task Manager allows.
    d. Checkboxes to select apps using only the mouse (so no keyboard Ctrl or Shift keys required to select multiple apps)

    See mockup here: http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8017/7tt.png

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  3. VEG says:
    October 30, 2011 at 9:32 am  (Quote)

    Спасибо огромное за обновление. Без этой программы вряд ли смог бы перейти на Windows 7.
    И следом хочу предложить одну маленькую и простую опцию.
    Мне нравится такой вариант настроек: http://vrublevsky.org/z/2011-10-30-13-24-22.png
    Группировка выключена, объединение кнопки прилепленного приложения с кнопкой запущенного приложения тоже отключено. При клике по значку прилепленного приложения запускается новый экземпляр этого приложения, но его кнопка появляется в самом конце панели задач. Может быть будет не сложно сделать опцию, которая заставила бы появляться новой кнопке запущенного приложения рядом с прилепленной кнопкой?
    В результате панель задач выглядела бы примерно так:
    http://vrublevsky.org/z/2011-10-30-13-30-23.png
    Вместо такого варианта:
    http://vrublevsky.org/z/2011-10-30-13-31-42.png

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    • Michael (Ramen Software) says:
      November 4, 2011 at 3:31 pm  (Quote)

      Если нравится, когда кнопки одной программы открываются рядом, зачем отключать группировку?
      Первый скриншот выглядит как оригинальная задумка панели задач семерки, с включенной группировкой.

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      • VEG says:
        November 5, 2011 at 2:28 pm  (Quote)

        Неверно. Вы видите, что прилепленная кнопка отображается рядом с запущенными программами и не группируется с ними? И запущенные программы так же не группируются друг с другом. Я могу каждую из них взять и перетянуть куда-нибудь. Идея опции в том, что при включённой «Don’t group pinned items» кнопки запущенных приложений должны появляться РЯДОМ с кнопкой, которая запустила это приложение, но при этом прилепленная кнопка должна оставаться независимой единицей.

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    • Michael (Ramen Software) says:
      December 3, 2011 at 11:04 pm  (Quote)

      Сделал в v3.2

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  4. dashesy says:
    October 31, 2011 at 6:30 pm  (Quote)

    Thanks again,
    The only remaining feature I wish and miss from XP days is a reverse highlight for the taskbar items. I have hard time recognizing the active button in the taskbar. XP used to show the active window with dark/pushed color while Win7 makes it glow. It is hard to distinguish (without extra effort) between shiny non-active taskbar buttons and active ones.
    I already have set the transparency to zero and changed the contrast but still the “pushed button is active” is something I really am missing.

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  5. ejme says:
    November 1, 2011 at 9:26 pm  (Quote)

    Video demo on 7 Taskbar Tweaker is confusing without audio assistance. You’re just clicking & clicking here and there not knowing what you are trying to achieve. Please do a re-make of the video tutorial with vocal explanations to better understand what the ‘tweaker’ can do. Thanks a lot.

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  6. saljuapi says:
    November 2, 2011 at 10:12 am  (Quote)

    awesome apps! i’ve been searching this kind of app for couple days. and now, i’m happy! thank you very much! 🙂

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  7. Richard says:
    November 3, 2011 at 9:57 am  (Quote)

    An option to reverse the mousewheel direction to minimize/restore would be great. I have my taskbar at the top so it it feels like I must scroll the wrong way to minimize/restore a window.

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  8. bobo says:
    November 3, 2011 at 5:35 pm  (Quote)

    >>dashesy
    Exactly, the difference between active and inactive application tile is too small.

    Maybe 7 Taskbar Tweaker should repair this situtation?

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  9. ACFH says:
    November 7, 2011 at 8:44 am  (Quote)

    What’s new in the installer released 2011-11-04?

    Thanks.

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  10. BrOncO says:
    November 9, 2011 at 2:30 pm  (Quote)

    hello, thanks for this software, in the future you can make language files in txt, ini or similar format in the program folder? this would make it easier to create and update languages.
    sorry for bad english!!

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  11. Matt sg says:
    November 22, 2011 at 7:15 pm  (Quote)

    Also another feature I think is stupendous! Drag within groups using right mouse button… Lovin it… it’s just like tab rearrangement in firefox (browers)…

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