Start11 v2.5 Changelog (Released 01/15/2025)

NEW Adds experimental vertical taskbar support Windows 11 (23H2+ only)
NEW Centred taskbar buttons mode in Win11 now works on > 2 monitor setups
Fixed issue with dragging taskbar buttons to the left of the taskbar when centered
Fix for DisplayFusion issue
Tweaks for changing the size of taskbar icons etc
Fixed an issue with Microsoft Loop and a resource leak
Fix for position of jumplist on mixed vertical and nonvertical setups
Fix for config having a nonfunctional indicator on the left causing an odd blank box
Fixed 1 en-us localization issue
Detection of 23H2 as we were detecting beta channel only
Added UI options for icon size, button width, and height to advanced taskbar settings. Only properly apply when not using OS autohide
Fixed issue with Win+X menu going away when you mouseover a vertical taskbar
Resolved issue with touch long press to get a right click not working on vertical taskbars for items
Resolved flicker on custom start button when mouseover on a vertical taskbar
Removed excess slider on advanced taskbar settings
Fixed issue with Win+X menu appearing in the wrong location when taskbar is on the right depending on the screen scaling factor
Resolved issue with on-top secondary taskbars causing a hang issue.
Fixes for Directory Opus taskbar docked bars

Added a registry key to make S11 on Win10 using center mode delay before updating : S11_DelayCentreUpdateWin10
value in ms

Registry location for values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8
Removed excess All apps item on Win10 all apps list
Tweaked color of the taskbar when using color on the taskbar and also resolved accent color choice being wrong sometimes on the taskbar.
Fixed Win10 style on vertical taskbars not correctly painting buttons for > 1 window open when in combine mode.

Fixes issue with top aligned taskbar getting misaligned horizontally
Fixes issue with combined mode taskbar buttons not performing correct action on click when having a monitor in negative coordinates and also not working for vertical taskbars on the left
Fix for having a monitor with negative coordinates stopping combine mode window switch popup always showing when clicking on the taskbar. Note that newer insider versions of Windows no longer support this and will switch between windows on click rather than show the popup. This may be a bug in insiders and fix itself in the future
Fix for juddering jumplist when on top and using a rounded taskbar.
Fix for win+X menu when using on top and autohide having the submenu misaligned when not reserving one pixel for the taskbar.
Fixed overflow taskbar system tray icons not showing correctly when not using enhanced taskbar but with a top of screen taskbar.

Fixes some secondary monitor issues with autohide, vertical and screen workspace
Fixes a case of no settings showing in search
Removes - File explorer from taskbar buttons
Resolved issue with clicking on pinned taskbar items in combined mode causing a new instance of the app to launch sometimes
Resolved an issue found when fixing that to do with clicking doing nothing on newer OS builds sometimes if the thumbs window was open.
Resolved thumbs placement issue with beta channel update
Resolved jumplist not showing when taskbar is on top on secondary displays and now with enhanced taskbar off on primary too
Removed hyphen from ‘Task Manager’ in the supported languages.