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Feature Request - Separate taskbar thumbnail for each tab #4032

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opened 2026-01-30 23:36:24 +00:00 by claunia · 8 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:36:24 +00:00
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Originally created by @fishnet37222 on GitHub (Sep 25, 2019).

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I think it would be helpful if each tab appeared in its own taskbar thumbnail. Clicking on the thumbnail would activate the window with that tab open. The way the app currently works, if you have multiple tabs open and the app is currently in the background you would need to click the taskbar button to switch to the app and then click the tab you want to work with if it's not the currently active one.

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claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:36:25 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2019):

Just to be clear, this is different from #1871, right? You want one taskbar entry per tab?

That must be possible, since IE supported it:
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Questions:

  • How is this possible
  • Should it be one entry per tab, or per pane?
  • We should definitely make this configurable, since not everyone (me included) might want this.
@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2019): Just to be clear, this is different from #1871, right? You want one taskbar entry per tab? That _must_ be possible, since IE supported it: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/65601301-717aa780-df67-11e9-9858-7c8fab8c91b4.png) Questions: * How is this possible * Should it be one entry per tab, or per _pane_? * We should definitely make this configurable, since not everyone (me included) might want this.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:36:25 +00:00
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@fishnet37222 commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2019):

Yes, I would like one entry per tab. You could make an option for one entry per pane, but that makes less sense to me. I also agree that it should be configurable.

@fishnet37222 commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2019): Yes, I would like one entry per tab. You could make an option for one entry per pane, but that makes less sense to me. I also agree that it should be configurable.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:36:26 +00:00
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2019):

This might need to be an ask on the Windows shell folks (@mdtauk: not the WinUI team, I know what you'd say) -- right now the DWM API that provides for tab previews only operates on HWNDs, and we are decidedly light on those.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2019): This might need to be an ask on the Windows shell folks (@mdtauk: not the WinUI team, I know what you'd say) -- right now the DWM API that provides for tab previews only operates on `HWND`s, and we are _decidedly light on those_.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:36:26 +00:00
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2019):

FWIW I think we have a dupe for this, I just can't find it right now.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2019): FWIW I think we have a dupe for this, I just can't find it right now.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:36:27 +00:00
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019):

I couldn't find a duplicate for this, and I decided that this was the master issue. Congrats, you're promoted to a full-fledged feature request tracker. 😄

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019): I couldn't find a duplicate for this, and I decided that this was the master issue. Congrats, you're promoted to a full-fledged feature request tracker. :smile:
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:36:27 +00:00
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@beviu commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2020):

@DHowett 8 months later, I found the duplicate! #687

@beviu commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2020): @DHowett 8 months later, I found the duplicate! #687
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:36:27 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2020):

Oh wow, look at that. Good investigative work @greg904! /dup #687

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2020): Oh wow, look at that. Good investigative work @greg904! /dup #687
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:36:27 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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