{"id":186766,"date":"2022-03-25T11:37:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T10:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=186766"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:52:00","slug":"updated-taskbar-experience-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/updated-taskbar-experience-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s an updated taskbar experience in Windows 11 Build 22581"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The release of <a href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Windows 11<\/a> changed a lot about the Microsoft ecosystem and how users interact with it. One of the biggest changes was the redesign of the home base of the <strong>Windows OS<\/strong>, the taskbar. Expanding on the improvements in aesthetics and functionality made to the taskbar in Windows 10, Windows 11 promised a fresh take on the clean Windows 10 design and a more <strong>utilitarian<\/strong> <strong>approach <\/strong>to what the taskbar could be.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After numerous minor updates, we seem to be getting closer and closer to the first full <strong>Feature Update<\/strong> to the Windows 11 OS, and if the Windows Insider preview channels are to be believed, there are a number of exciting changes still inbound to the humble taskbar. One change first implemented in the Windows 11 initial release is the central arrangement of the taskbar icons. Through each of the subsequent updates, this has remained a core feature of Windows 11, and going by the Windows 11 build 22581; this isn\u2019t set to change when version 22H2 \u2018Sun Valley 2\u2019 goes public.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest <strong>insider build<\/strong> also improves how the feature update might look on Microsoft tablets. Instead of having the taskbar visible the entire time while in portrait mode, the taskbar will be hidden, with just the critical status icons visible. The user can then expand the taskbar by swiping upward at the bottom of the screen. <strong>Build 22581<\/strong> also reintroduces the support of drag &amp; drop in the taskbar environment as well as visual updates to the taskbar tray, bringing it further in line with the rest of the Windows 11 user experience. Microsoft says users will also be able to simplify their taskbar environment and hide icons, as well as hide the \u2018show hidden icons\u2019 button.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with minor taskbar feature updates, the latest insider build also addresses issues from other updates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The taskbar will now use the correct font, even in languages other than <strong>English<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Drag &amp; Drop within the taskbar environment now integrates with the <strong>auto-hide<\/strong> taskbar function.<\/li><li>Messages on dragged items will now have rounded corners as per the new design language.<\/li><li>The widget board no longer comes up <strong>accidentally<\/strong> when users interact with the taskbar.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s well within reason to expect the Sun Valley 2 Windows 11 taskbar experience to be even further optimized than the latest build and for the Windows 11 ecosystem, on the whole, to take its place as the most integrated, functional, and seamless Windows OS yet. With the critical update looming, why not refresh your knowledge of the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/articles\/windows-11-watermark-feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Windows 11 features and fixes\">Windows 11 features and fixes<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The release of Windows 11 changed a lot about the Microsoft ecosystem and how users interact with it. One of the biggest changes was the redesign of the home base of the Windows OS, the taskbar. Expanding on the improvements in aesthetics and functionality made to the taskbar in Windows 10, Windows 11 promised a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/updated-taskbar-experience-windows-11\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;There\u2019s an updated taskbar experience in Windows 11 Build 22581&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9222,"featured_media":186770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3149],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-186766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwindows-11"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324187,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186766\/revisions\/324187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186766"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=186766"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=186766"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=186766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}