DisplayFusion RSS: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 08:41:55 GMT

Waiting inpatiently!

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:34:10 GMT

Not yet, no

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:37:09 GMT

Any update to this issue?

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:05:58 GMT

Not yet, sorry!

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:17:27 GMT

has there been a resolution for this issue yet?

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 18 May 2021 14:02:51 GMT

It would be nice to see this fixed (I understand it may not be possible based on skimming through the discussion) as I just started running into it (I guess I've been configured to "Windows taskbar shows all windows" since I've used multiple taskbars in Display Fusion).

I appreciate that we can at least workaround (Set Taskbar Mode = Windows taskbar shows all windows, DisplayFusion shows relevant windows) it while still using most of the features of the DisplayFusion Taskbar though.

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 19:57:15 GMT

Haha, for sure! It's nice when "can't" fixes sometimes turn into "might be able to" fixes

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 19:37:22 GMT

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I don't want to promise anything, but we have a lead on a possible fix for this. It will take us some time to develop and test the fix, but with any luck, we'll be able to get this sorted out eventually!

It's exciting that you might get to remove a "Can't Fix" from your list

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:07:14 GMT

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:37:52 GMT

This issue is five and a half years old!

Unbelievable!

I ran into this issue this morning and thought it was a Microsoft bug but it's DisplayFusion. When switching between desktops, my primary monitor is the only one that changes - the secondary display is the same on all virtual desktops.

I only use the virtual desktop feature of Windows 10 on rare occasions. But on those occasions it's a truly useful feature that helps me achieve more.

When will Binary Fortress take note and solve this?

Edit: On further reading, I discovered the Windows 10 known issues sticky post with the advice that this cannot be solved:

Can't Fix: Applications don't register in Task View (or virtual desktops) when not on the Primary monitor. Workaround: Set Taskbar Mode to "Windows taskbar shows all..."

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 12 May 2020 09:03:29 GMT

my setup: 2 monitors (different resolutions, DisplayFusion (latest version 9.6.1 with the taskbars only showing Apps for the corresponding monitor)

I can´t believe that this issue is still not being fixed...
I usually use Dexpot for virtual desktops which works well but I constantly try to get rid of extra tools when there is a built-in solution by the OS. So, I´m trying out virtual desktops from windows 10. Works perfectly when NOT using DisplayFusion!. DisplayFusion running keeps all Apps on the second screen tranferred to the next virtual desktop.... WTF?
Or in other words: When creating a new virtual desktop DP keeps filling my second monitor with Apps from the previous virtual desktop - I cannot get an empty (second) screen.

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 15:50:45 GMT

Ok, the Alt+Tab entries should be fixed now as well, in 9.4 Beta 7

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:54:00 GMT

Yeah, thought we had the Alt+Tab fixed as well, but I've re-opened that one as it seems to still be broken.

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:33:53 GMT

With the new V9.4b5 the taskbar seems to now properly hide applications if they are on inactive virtual desktops, as long as the Windows Taskbar keeps track of all applications (including "all taskbars show all windows", which is the setting I always use).

That does not seem to be the case for Alt+Tab however. I had it set to "Show all windows on all screens" and it still showed windows that are currently on non-active virtual desktops.

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 07:16:32 GMT

Are there any news for this feature/bug?

Thanks

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 24 May 2018 20:18:00 GMT

These issues aren't fixed in 9.2, those change log items were for other issues, sorry for the confusion there

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 24 May 2018 17:58:24 GMT

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Fix: Task View now works correctly with Windows 10 1803 and DisplayFusion
Fix: Alt+Tab compatibility
Fix: Taskbar compatibility improvements

Version 9.2 seems to have adressed these issues, however nothing changed for me after updating. I also tried reinstalling on a new profile and rebooting, but DF still behaves pretty much the same way as it did before the update.

Items still show up in the Taskbar and Alt+Tab when they shouldn't and stuff vanishes from Task View when its not on the Windows Taskbar (Although the latter one isn't really a problem for me since I just show everything on all taskbars).

I am running Windows 10 1803, OS Build 17134.81, logs included.

In said logs I spotted the following line multiple times:

##_##FAIL:L2##_##displayfusion.exe:8660##_##BFExceptions##_##-##_##Failed to call IsWindowOnCurrentVirtualDesktop. [HR: -2147417843]##_##-

which I'd guess could be the culprit here.
The second log is from running DF as admin, but that didn't change anything. The same line can be found there.

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 15 May 2018 17:50:24 GMT

@FakedCake: You're absolutely right, I misunderstood Benedikt's description, so thank you for adding clarification to that! I've added that issue to our list to fix up as well.

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 14 May 2018 23:28:11 GMT

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I use three monitors, and keep my workflow checklist on the third monitor. I'd love to be able to keep my checklist visible on every virtual desktop (the way it is now with this "bug"), and just have my other two monitors change for each virtual desktop.

Windows already lets you do just that aswell. Just open Task View (Win+Tab), right click the window you want on all virtual desktops and select "Show window on all desktops".

Ooh! This is awesome. Thanks!

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 14 May 2018 22:40:58 GMT

Am I failing to understand something here?
The bug is that the DF Taskbars show all windows, ignoring whether they are supposed to be on the current virtual desktop or not. Because of that I can open that window via Alt+Tab or clicking the icon on the DF taskbar and switch to that window's desktop.
This issue persists, no matter what the setting for the DF or Windows taskbar is.

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So if the icon is held only by the DF taskbar on a virtual desktop (VD1) and I switch to a new virtual desktop (VD2), the programm also vanishes from the Task View (Win+Tab) of that desktop? Is thatreally the issue here?

Isn't the issue mentioned here that DF taskbar and Alt+tab shows stuff it is not supposed to show because it's hidden away on another virtual desktop, and also doesn't need to keep track of as long as "Windows taskbar shows all, DF shows relevant" or "Both show all" is used?
In that case it might just be an issue with how DF keeps track of active windows and determines what screen they are on. I'd be surprised if the taskbar and the Alt+Tab function provided by DF used different function calls for this. And both modules are guilty of showing infos about all virtual desktops when they should not.

I feel like there is just some big misunderstanding happening here and all that is missing is a call to IVirtualDesktopManager::IsWindowOnCurrentVirtualDesktop on Windows 10 to solve the issue @RadioActiveLobster mentioned. And the issue with stuff unregistering when not letting the Windows taskbar show all apps being a different one.

On a virtual desktop a window is not supposed to be on, it should not show up in Alt+Tab by default.
To change that , one can use Windows Settings -> System -> Multitasking, scroll down to Virtual Dekstops and change the settings from "Only the desktop I'm using" to "All desktops". So that should keep that part of the functionality even if this bug gets fixed. I'm also somewhat certain that Windows lets that setting be automated, so it could be configured through DF.

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Windows already lets you do just that aswell. Just open Task View (Win+Tab), right click the window you want on all virtual desktops and select "Show window on all desktops".

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:05:32 GMT

The core issue is that when we use the Windows API to remove a button from the Windows taskbar, Windows 10 "unregisters" the window from Alt+Tab, Virtual Desktops, etc. This didn't used to happen with Windows 7, and we haven't sorted out why this is the case in Windows 10. Once we can get that sorted out this issue should be resolved as well.

Thanks!

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 00:06:27 GMT

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The current workaround is to set the Taskbar Mode (Settings > Taskbar tab) to "Windows taskbar shows all, DisplayFusion shows relevant."

That can't really be considered a workaround.
The main taskbar is managed by windows and will keep track of all windows on all screens and their Desktop assignment only showing icons for those windows that are visible on the current desktop.

However the DisplayFusion Taskbars appear to have no clue about the alternative Desktops at all.
They'll show all windows visible on that screen on any Desktop.

Example:
My situation is 3 screens, middle one is main, L/R are managed by DF.
Let's say I open Explorer, Notepad and Edge, each on one screen in Desktop 1.
Now if I switch to a new Desktop 2, the middle taskbar is empty, but the left and right ones show Explorer and Notepad as if they were minimized. If you click on either icon, Windows will switch back to Desktop 1 and show the window there.

Is there any chance you could at least hide those icons?

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 12:47:15 GMT

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We are still looking for a solution to this issue. It's caused by Windows "un-registering" a program from Alt+Tab and Task View/Virtual Desktops when it's button is removed from the Windows taskbar (i.e. when DisplayFusion Taskbar Mode is set to "All taskbars show relevant").

The current workaround is to set the Taskbar Mode (Settings > Taskbar tab) to "Windows taskbar shows all, DisplayFusion shows relevant."

We have a lead on a fix as well, but I can't offer an ETA on when it might be resolved.

Just a thought from a novice application developer's prospective - but couldn't you just create a hook to detect if the 'Task View' is open? If it is, save a list of the applications on DF taskbars, push them back to the Windows Taskbar while it is open, and then restore the applications to the DF taskbar(s) after it is closed. Meanwhile, also having the hook detect which Virtual Desktop is currently displayed and create a list of DF Taskbar Icons for that desktop.

Not sure if Windows 10 has the ability to hook those actions - haven't really looked into it. Either way, +1 for the feature request! Hopefully it can happen before too long.

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:31:44 GMT

I just ran into this bug today as well - following.

RE: Windows 10 Issue - Virtual Desktops and Additional Monitors/Taskbars

Binary Fortress Software — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 14:41:40 GMT

I'll throw in a +1 here, but with an additional feature request for when you are (hopefully!) able to solve this issue: It would be awesome if this could configured separately for each monitor.

I use three monitors, and keep my workflow checklist on the third monitor. I'd love to be able to keep my checklist visible on every virtual desktop (the way it is now with this "bug"), and just have my other two monitors change for each virtual desktop.

Thanks!