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I'm becoming increasingly frustrated with the way Windows 7 handles showing a hidden taskbar. It's incredibly over-eager to pop out and obscure what I'm really trying to interact with, requiring me to move the mouse away, wait for it to auto-hide again, then resume what I was doing but more deliberately.
After closely examining the behavior, it appears that a hidden taskbar "peeks out" from the edge by 2 or 3 pixels, and slowly moving your mouse into this area activates it; you don't even need to touch the edge of the screen.
I would love it if there was a way to customize or change this behavior. Ideally, the taskbar would only pop out if you are actively "pushing" the edge of the screen it is hidden on. So activation only occurs once you've reached the screens edge and continue to move the mouse past a customizable threshold.
Alternatively, a simple activation delay would suffice as well. So only if the mouse remains in that 2-3 pixel area (a.k.a. on the taskbar) for greater than a customizable amount of time does it pop out again. This would only be a fraction of a second. Often times the cursor simply "careens" off the edge of the screen while trying to focus on something nearby.
Anyway, if there are any registry settings or utilities that can achieve either of these effects, that would be great! Thanks for your help.
1That is very cool. Never knew it existed. – wbogacz – 2010-03-30T20:13:15.137
Jjejej :), just mark the question as answered :P
see you – Mak – 2010-03-30T20:17:25.957
@DiegoMak: Does it work with Windows 7? – Snark – 2010-03-30T20:26:54.740
I try this with windows 7 home premium x32 – Mak – 2010-03-30T22:03:15.193
Calbar this was the solution for your problem?? If yes, Please Mark this question as answered. Just click on check image in the left of this post. – Mak – 2010-03-31T15:34:04.287
1Awesome, this works great!
I was concerned about compatibility with Windows 7, especially 64-bit, but I can confirm it does work.
I did notice one quirky behavior, however... if you select the "Get back the bar in the background..." option, which basically hides those 2-3 pixels that stick out, it seems to leave the Start button behind when it auto-hides... It looks like a desktop icon and maintains full start-menu functionality! If it didn't seem so glitchy, I might consider it a feature :P.
Anyway, you can still use the app perfectly fine without that option selected.
Thanks again! – calbar – 2010-04-01T14:41:33.463
Does anyone else notice that the Link is dead? It goes to a Blue Host page and there is no data. – Doltknuckle – 2010-06-07T15:31:08.713
Here is a new link to Taskbar activate... http://home.nordnet.fr/~pmdevigne/TaskbarActivate.html (that was the software DiegoMak was pointing to, wasn't it?)
– dertoni – 2010-07-27T07:11:12.470Buggy in win 7. – Ярослав Рахматуллин – 2013-04-24T17:35:29.237