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Thanks. I keep my task bar on the left so that's the big thing keeping me in win 10.

by Pxtl 3y ago

gigglesupstairs 3y ago
You can have taskbar on left in Windows 11 as well.
- Semaphor 3y ago
  Not without 3rd-party-tools.
  - blackfawn 3y ago
    There's a built-in option to align buttons center or left. No third-party tools necessary, unless you want something different than left or center. Or is this in reference to the entire bar? If so, was that possible in Win 10?
    - tsimionescu 3y ago
      Yes, in all Windows version starting with probably 95 and until 11, you could put your start bar on any edge of the screen.
    - Pxtl 3y ago
      Yes, I move the whole taskbar to the left edge of the screen. Screens are wide, so I can dedicate like 1.5 inches of the left edge of the screen to just the taskbar with full text labels (I speak English, not pictogram) stacked one on top of the other, no combining. It's such a nice workflow I'm surprised it didn't become common when 16x9 screens became dominant.
    - Semaphor 3y ago
      Yeah, I mean a fully vertical taskbar. It’s more efficient for widescreen monitors, as you waste less horizontal space.
- neogodless 3y ago
  You're misunderstanding. We like the taskbar along the left (vertical) edge, not the bottom (horizonal) edge. You're thinking of alignment.
Semaphor 3y ago
AFAIK it doesn’t support that. The only tool I know that does is proprietary (but cheap) and closed source: StartAllBack https://www.startallback.com/ https://www.startallback.com/
- knob 3y ago
  Thank you for sharing this!! Doing this Monday when I get back into the office. Plus for $5, I find it quite cheap!
  - Semaphor 3y ago
    Just in case you hadn’t seen sibling, ExplorerPatcher also seems to support it, just for some reason they don’t advertise it ;)
- gliptic 3y ago
  It does support that. I'm using it like that on two machines.
  - Semaphor 3y ago
    interesting, I couldn’t find it under any of the feature descriptions. edit: Found it inside github issues, weird to omit this from the feature list. Back then, I chose SAB specifically because of this feature.

Thanks. I keep my task bar on the left so that's the big thing keeping me in win 10.

by Pxtl 3y ago

Thanks. I keep my task bar on the left so that's the big thing keeping me in win 10.

gigglesupstairs 3y ago

You can have taskbar on left in Windows 11 as well.

Semaphor 3y ago
Not without 3rd-party-tools.
- blackfawn 3y ago
  There's a built-in option to align buttons center or left. No third-party tools necessary, unless you want something different than left or center. Or is this in reference to the entire bar? If so, was that possible in Win 10?
  - tsimionescu 3y ago
    Yes, in all Windows version starting with probably 95 and until 11, you could put your start bar on any edge of the screen.
  - Pxtl 3y ago
    Yes, I move the whole taskbar to the left edge of the screen. Screens are wide, so I can dedicate like 1.5 inches of the left edge of the screen to just the taskbar with full text labels (I speak English, not pictogram) stacked one on top of the other, no combining. It's such a nice workflow I'm surprised it didn't become common when 16x9 screens became dominant.
  - Semaphor 3y ago
    Yeah, I mean a fully vertical taskbar. It’s more efficient for widescreen monitors, as you waste less horizontal space.
neogodless 3y ago
You're misunderstanding. We like the taskbar along the left (vertical) edge, not the bottom (horizonal) edge. You're thinking of alignment.

Semaphor 3y ago

AFAIK it doesn’t support that. The only tool I know that does is proprietary (but cheap) and closed source: StartAllBack https://www.startallback.com/ https://www.startallback.com/

knob 3y ago
Thank you for sharing this!! Doing this Monday when I get back into the office. Plus for $5, I find it quite cheap!
- Semaphor 3y ago
  Just in case you hadn’t seen sibling, ExplorerPatcher also seems to support it, just for some reason they don’t advertise it ;)
gliptic 3y ago
It does support that. I'm using it like that on two machines.
- Semaphor 3y ago
  interesting, I couldn’t find it under any of the feature descriptions. edit: Found it inside github issues, weird to omit this from the feature list. Back then, I chose SAB specifically because of this feature.