DisplayFusion RSS: Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264 DisplayFusion RSS: Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:05:02 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264 RE: Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#9 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:56:54 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#9 DisplayFusion Awesome! We didn't change anything specific to the taskbar auto-hide, but we did fix a few general performance issues. Glad to hear it's all good now! ]]> RE: Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#8 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:29:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#8 DisplayFusion Finally DisplayFusion Pro 7.2.0 Beta 3 has fixed this issue. The animation is now as fluent as the main taskbar's animation. :) ]]> RE: Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#7 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 18:53:38 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#7 DisplayFusion Almost forgot, in the meantime, you can use the "Taskbar: Auto-hide animation" option in the Settings > Advanced Settings window to disable the animation, so that it will at least open and close immediately for you :) ]]> RE: Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#6 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 18:49:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#6 DisplayFusion Ok, strange! I still can't reproduce this here, even with a taskbar full of buttons. I will add this to our list though, and we'll see if there's anything we can do to improve the performance of the auto-hide animation :)

I'll keep you posted when we have more news!

Thanks! ]]> RE: Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#5 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:55:07 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#5 DisplayFusion I checked it with Process Explorer and both the CPU and the GPU aren't on full load.
Sometimes the animation is not only slow, it is also flickering a lot. So the whole display area where the taskbar is going to appear turns white for a few frames before the stuttering animation finishes.

The animation speed does not depend on the transparency settings in Display Fusion or StartIsBack+ but it depends on the number of items shown on them. When I enable the "All taskbars show all windows" mode the animation turns into a two frames slide-show. ]]> RE: Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#4 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:31:04 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#4 DisplayFusion Ok, thanks! Mine definitely doesn't look like that. Is the CPU utilization high on your machine when it's animating? ]]> RE: Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#3 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:51:01 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#3 DisplayFusion Here are both the debug log and a video capture of the slow animation.. ]]> RE: Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#2 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:14:28 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264#2 DisplayFusion I've just tested it out here, and it seems to be ok on my machine. Could you attach a copy of your DisplayFusion Troubleshooting info? Also, if you're able to attach a video capture of the auto-hide animation on your machine so that I can compare it, that would be great :)

Here are the steps for the Troubleshooting info:
  • Open the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab
  • Click the Copy to Clipboard button
  • Open Notepad, paste the text, and save the file
  • Reply with the text file attached

Thanks! ]]> Auto-Hiding taskbar animation is very slow https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:20:13 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/auto-hiding-taskbar-animation-is-very-slow/?ID=6ba983dc-d08d-42e2-8e56-9481461d5264 DisplayFusion Hi,

while the auto-hide animation on the primary taskbar is very fluent and smooth, it is very slow on Display Fusion's taskbars. I am currently running the Pro version 6.1.2 on Windows 8.1 64 Bit and I did not use that feature until now.

Is there a way to make the animation more fluent? ]]>