Taskbar less 30px height?

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Understanding7 said:

swserg said:

well, i know about that feature, but i cannot accept it, I need taskbar to be always visible, I use notification systray to see some important notification icons, time and so on.

What about the clock on the wall, or the calendar or timer on the desk?

People are trying to help you, but this all comes down to you refusing to flex your wrist to move the mouse to quickly reveal something, and instead wanting to move your eyes in their sockets to be able to get a brief glance at something always visible, but it is the visible thing that is irritating you. You want to always see it, but you do not want to see it so large because it takes up valuable screen space, ...and on a laptop to boot!

Good luck in your endeavor.

That's a little harsh, uncalled for, and you need to cool your jets a little. There are many perfectly valid reasons for wanting to lock the taskbar and not use autohide. On my computer, I monitor the temperatures of each of my six cores with CoreTemp, which displays them in the notification area. I also monitor internet activity on a small bar chart that runs in my taskbar. Both take up far less room there than their desktop alternatives. I also can see at a glance what windows are open with a locked taskbar.

Also, an unlocked taskbar with autohide enabled has the nasty habit of popping up when one moves the mouse pointer to the edge the window where the taskbar is located. I find that extremely inconvenient and annoying and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I'm sure I missed many other reasons but those were what popped to mind just now.

It's the OP's computer and it's his decision on how he wants to use it.

I think you need to cool your jets. You response sounds just like mine. I like your response. Do you? It's just guy talk, Lady.

swserg said:

What about the clock on the wall, or the calendar or timer on the desk?

haha, you really see your desktop? are you working on it? I could see my desktop only when I lock my screen. I usually have ~10 opened programs on my desktop, which all the time take 100% of my desktop.

ps. I even do not have icons/shortcuts on my desktop because it is useless now, all progs are launched from taskbar or with WIN+R / Start searcher.

Agreed. Desktop is just a starting point for me. After firing up my PC, I rarely see it. I do use it for quick storage and sorting items before tucking them away. For cosmetics, I like AutoHideDesktopIcons as it is free and makes invisible all items on desktop for the clean look.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Understanding7 said:

...I think you need to cool your jets. You response sounds just like mine. I like your response. Do you? It's just guy talk, Lady.

No, you were the one who was out of line. You were the one who came in insulting the OP, essentially calling him lazy, apparently based on your workflow differing from his. If you don't like getting called on for being rude, then don't be rude.

I never argue with a narcissist. Focus on the topic and not on argumentum ad hominem. You drew first blood. Just shut up and focus on the OP.

The OP is asking if he can make a Ford look like a Chevy instead of accepting the Ford is a Ford. I am saying that lowering the profile of the taskbar requires intense modification of system files and a lot of trial and error.

He did not give a reason at first, and after several polite queries the reasons began to come out and they were solely based on taste.

Admittedly, when someone asks to bring the mountain to Mohammad there will be a few wry remarks at such odd requests. That is normal. What is abnormal is a troll hijacking a post to attack someone with the same methods they accuse their victim of.

"essentially calling him lazy"!!! Go watch the CPU temperature on your monitor or something and leave me alone!

Understanding7, i am working with win desktop for decades, and i absolutely know all "Stock" taskbar features (hide/resize), my request is about taskbar customization, that is exactly what I want, As example I work also with Ubuntu Desktop, and it uses 25px top taskbar and all look perfect on my laptop desk with such height, I know that lowest stock height in windows is 30px with small icons, of course i am asking about customization, and looks like i found it searching inet: looks like it is possible using Vista style builder vistastylebuilder.com but it is not a free software, and i dont know if anybody used it. it pasts 6 years since latest release.

hi, Layback Bear, sure

finally found the solution: I got 24px height task bar with Custom Theme - Leopard, looks cool