This killer feature would really make 7TT the master of the windows taskbar. :-)
But it is not at all trivial to implement. 7TT would need to allow user to rearrange (move up/down) items in the Taskbar Inspector, and then to apply that order to taskbar buttons. Maybe add a command/button 'apply taskbar button ordering now' or implement a timer on a function that would inspect and apply the order periodically. It would also be important to add a setting option 'apply taskbar button ordering on startup' so that 7TT can automatically perform that task when it is started. Now, for hidden items, 7TT would need to allow to make an entry in the Taskbar Inspector permanent, meaning it would not go away once that window is closed but it would be grayed-out or something, but still allowing to rearrange versus other entries. This would have to be user-managed as keeping a history of all windows that have come and go would create too much clutter and make it unmanageable. Hence, there would need to be a new context-menu (right click) option 'keep this entry even when it's window is not active'. Then, it's ordering would need to be applied once the window is back up on the desktop, but that would require a timer function if a user wouldn't want to apply that manually every time.
Of course, this list/ordering would need to be saved so that it can be restored after a reboot.
For power users like me that have around 30 taskbar buttons present at all times, having their order consistent would help a lot in quick navigation, as for my mind it is easier to photographically remember the order of the taskbar buttons than to read/analyse their icons or captions every time I want to call a window back to the foreground.
Also, it is very, very annoying when I finally set the ordering manually with drag and drop, and then pray that I wouldn't need to restart my windows some time soon, after pushing a browser to full screen (F11), it comes back as the last taskbar button in the order, not the one where I already set it up manually. Arrrgggghhhh!
Please RaMMicHaeL, if at all possible, let's make this happen.
This killer feature would really make 7TT the master of the windows taskbar. :-)
But it is not at all trivial to implement.
7TT would need to allow user to rearrange (move up/down) items in the Taskbar Inspector, and then to apply that order to taskbar buttons. Maybe add a command/button 'apply taskbar button ordering now' or implement a timer on a function that would inspect and apply the order periodically. It would also be important to add a setting option 'apply taskbar button ordering on startup' so that 7TT can automatically perform that task when it is started.
Now, for hidden items, 7TT would need to allow to make an entry in the Taskbar Inspector permanent, meaning it would not go away once that window is closed but it would be grayed-out or something, but still allowing to rearrange versus other entries. This would have to be user-managed as keeping a history of all windows that have come and go would create too much clutter and make it unmanageable. Hence, there would need to be a new context-menu (right click) option 'keep this entry even when it's window is not active'. Then, it's ordering would need to be applied once the window is back up on the desktop, but that would require a timer function if a user wouldn't want to apply that manually every time.
Of course, this list/ordering would need to be saved so that it can be restored after a reboot.
For power users like me that have around 30 taskbar buttons present at all times, having their order consistent would help a lot in quick navigation, as for my mind it is easier to photographically remember the order of the taskbar buttons than to read/analyse their icons or captions every time I want to call a window back to the foreground.
Also, it is very, very annoying when I finally set the ordering manually with drag and drop, and then pray that I wouldn't need to restart my windows some time soon, after pushing a browser to full screen (F11), it comes back as the last taskbar button in the order, not the one where I already set it up manually. Arrrgggghhhh!
Please RaMMicHaeL, if at all possible, let's make this happen.
Thank you for this awesome software.