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Program-specific Thumbnail/List Hovering-option

Anonymous 9 years ago • updated 5 years ago • 4
I acknowledge the existing options for Hovering; Thumbnail/List etc. 

However, it's logical that a user want specifically some programs displayed as List, and other as Thumbnails.

This will vary depending on user's work-style, but I think my preference may be rather typical;

For programs where I have a lot of windows, and/or are normally purposefully named I want a List-style;
- Explorer
- Pdf
- Word

Programs I have few windows, and are more easily identified by thumbnails;
- Images
- Browsers
- Excel
- Most other programs.

Hence it would be of great benefit to have program-specific Thumbnail/List option. Otherwise it will always be a compromise, and for me a constant hinder for fast optimal workflow.
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Stamimail 9 years ago
That means adding "Hovering"  in Taskbar Inspector Context.

Isn't it?
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Michael (Ramen Software) 9 years ago
While the tweaker doesn't provide such a feature, you can use a registry tweak to set a maximum number of displayed thumbnails. If the amount of thumbnails becomes larger than the specified limit, a list will be displayed instead.
More details:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/75804-taskbar-list-thumbnail-previews-mode-change.html
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Anonymous 5 years ago

I'd love to be able to specify on a per-application basis whether I want thumbnails or lists.

My examples:

explorer, browsers: always lists (I often have many open, but not sometimes not enough to trigger a list)

everything else: use the default thumbnail-becomes-list-when-too-long behavior

Thanks @RaMMicHaeL for the tip on the registry setting, though.

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Anonymous 5 years ago

@RAMMiCHael, the registry tip is helpful and gets most-of-the-way there.

Could 7+TT be improved to allow that value to be set on a per-application basis?

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