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Dan R1
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I wanted to use DisplayFusion primarily as a taskbar replacement. Setting everything up went well and overall it's almost good enough, just not quite there on specific features I want. Specifically, I'd like to be able to have a fixed size/position taskbar with items grouped/sorted in a predetermined (pinned) application order that is consistent across monitors.

The behavior I found that make me prefer the standard Taskbar

1) I'd like to have my Taskbar buttons sorted. Using the advanced option did not seem to make it work. I even tried restarting the Service after closing the application. It's hard to know if I restarted the needed items (see #4)

2) The order shown on multiple monitors is not consistent. I never got sorting to work, so maybe that fixes this.

3) Why does sorting and pinning not work together? I never got to this stage, but reading this in the advanced options help made me scratch my head. I'd want applications that are pinned to show at the pinned area, not elsewhere, while unpinned applications sort (and windows of individual applications subsort based on window name).

Other items, not deal breakers, but definitely missing functionality

A) I'd like to have my taskbar not be completely near black in dark mode. It's too close by default, I'd like to make it more grey. I couldn't find an option, advanced or not, to change the background color to a specific color.

B) Advanced Options should display the default value for all items alongside any changed values. This window should be 3 columns or hover shows default or something. It makes it hard to resize something when you don't know what the current value is or estimate how big a change going back to default will be.

C) Why is there not a "restart DisplayFusion" button somewhere in either Advanced Options, on the right click context menu, or at the bottom of the options screen? If I make a change that might require restarting DisplayFusion why isn't there a button conveniently placed to quickly do it. Bonus points if the Advanced Options that require restarting are called out and/or preset a "Do you want to Restart DF now?" query/option (when such options are changed).

D) You can add my vote to the "replace and/or disable the default taskbar" internal poll. The advanced option to show on main monitor works, but with two taskbars it's a bit clunky. I didn't pursue making this work further since I'd already realized I was going to be uninstalling the trial.

E) Customizing Taskbar pins should have an option to "copy from Windows" in addition to the options to copy from other DF taskbars. Also an option to "make all like DF bar #X (or like Windows)
Mar 17, 2024  • #1
Owen Muhlethaler (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Thanks for the feedback! We'll add these to our list
Mar 18, 2024  • #2
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