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Shift-right click menu hidden by thumbnails
I tried searching old threads for this, but I'm confused about the name for the Win 10 menu I need to access. It's the one with the choices: cascade, show windows stacked, show windows side by side, restore all windows, minimize all windows, and close all windows. It's been around since Win 7, I think.
Normally, that menu shows when you shift-right click a grouped set of app windows in the taskbar. My goal is to restore all windows of a group at once ("restore all windows" in the menu I referenced above).
With 7+ Taskbar Tweaker, I love the feature that shows the thumbnail previews on hover. The problem is that the hover doesn't go to the background when I shift-right click. The thumbnails cover the menu I referenced above. I can't see the options, although I can choose them by arrow key. If I can't see what I'm choosing, however, it's risky to use it.
If I disable thumbnail previews on hover, using the list, the problem goes away. The list goes to the background when the menu referenced above is shown. But if I switch back to the thumbnails, they won't go to the background and they cover the menu.
I'm on Win 10 Pro 1803, 7+ Taskbar Tweaker 5.6. No other mods to taskbar or desktop.
Customer support service by UserEcho
The previews disappear on my computer when the menu is displayed. In any case, it sounds like the issue has nothing to do with 7+ Taskbar Tweaker - the menu is a Windows feature (7+ Taskbar Tweaker merely allows to use it without Shift), and the thumbnail previews are also a Windows default. So you should be able to test this scenario without 7+ Taskbar Tweaker and see if you're still experiencing the issue.
I closed 7+ Taskbar Tweaker, and yes, the issue persists. On my system (Win 10 Pro 1803), the thumbnail previews never disappear, and they cover the shift-right click menu. But that isn't a 7+ Taskbar Tweaker issue/bug.
Does anyone know what Win 10 setting could do this? This is a machine where I haven't done much customizing. Everything should be at default.
I found a workaround using Win-M to first minimize then show all windows. But I'm still curious about what might be different in the settings of my machine to do this.