Hello guys,
Just joined this forum for this very issue: The Windows Taskbar does not work for me and is extremely distracting! I want to use all of my screen, so I prefer having it hidden. However Auto-hide has been a buggy mess (Windows 10 + 11; tested on several machines over several years): It does not hide reliably. E.g., when a certain program is highlighted (e.g., Snipping Tool after taking a screenshot), the taskbar doesn't disappear at all which is highly inconvenient as e.g., the Taskbar covers e.g., the chat-bar in the desktop Whatsapp-application. I am also having issues with the taskbar covering tools in Lightroom/Photoshop/DaVinci/ etc. On external screens it's even worse, as I use these a lot for content-consumption and on many video-players, the taskbar constantly covers the play-button/ menu bar. Problem: on external screens, the task-bar does NOT hide when pressing the Windows-key (forces me to close highlighted programs first, which is not wanted).
Is there a Setting/Workaround/external application that allows me to achieve the following:
ONLY display/hide the Taskbar when I press the Windows-Key.
I do not wish the Taskbar to auto-hide or auto-appear anymore. This function never worked for me reliably (only on Mac OS; but I switched to Windows several years ago and do not intent to switch back).
Thank you.
Just joined this forum for this very issue: The Windows Taskbar does not work for me and is extremely distracting! I want to use all of my screen, so I prefer having it hidden. However Auto-hide has been a buggy mess (Windows 10 + 11; tested on several machines over several years): It does not hide reliably. E.g., when a certain program is highlighted (e.g., Snipping Tool after taking a screenshot), the taskbar doesn't disappear at all which is highly inconvenient as e.g., the Taskbar covers e.g., the chat-bar in the desktop Whatsapp-application. I am also having issues with the taskbar covering tools in Lightroom/Photoshop/DaVinci/ etc. On external screens it's even worse, as I use these a lot for content-consumption and on many video-players, the taskbar constantly covers the play-button/ menu bar. Problem: on external screens, the task-bar does NOT hide when pressing the Windows-key (forces me to close highlighted programs first, which is not wanted).
Is there a Setting/Workaround/external application that allows me to achieve the following:
ONLY display/hide the Taskbar when I press the Windows-Key.
I do not wish the Taskbar to auto-hide or auto-appear anymore. This function never worked for me reliably (only on Mac OS; but I switched to Windows several years ago and do not intent to switch back).
Thank you.