Taskbar – Release Notes

Version 1.6.3

6 September 2026

Latest

2 June 2026

Taskbar now includes a start menu! (#31)
- The start menu release which has been in Beta since last year is now officially released.
- By default, the newly-added start menu replaces launchpad/spotlight, but they can be restored to be the default action by right click.
- Users updating from the Beta to this version will only see minor fixes.
Custom transparency can now be set! (#42). Note: This is a change in the default appearance of Taskbar but the old appearance can be restored by setting transparency to the lowest value in settings.
Version 1 will remain free until an extended date of 2026-09-19.
Fixed bugs:
- Tasks are put at the end (all the way to the right) when their space changes or when entering/exiting fullscreen (#164). Note: This is a change in the default behavior of Taskbar but the old behavior can be restored in the advanced settings.
- Inconsistent icon size (#47).
- Taskbar gets shown at some point later after hiding it (#184).
- Restore option to show Taskbar only on main display (#186).
- Autodesk Fusion popups treated as separate windows (#214).

30 November 2025

29 November 2025

3 October 2025

22 August 2025

19 May 2025

Minor update.
Version 1 will remain free until an extended date of 2025-Sep-06.
Future updates to the app will show a button next to the launchpad button. It installs the update when clicked.
Fixed a bug: Minor visual glitch introduced in v1.4.3 (#177).

1 May 2025

Important update

28 April 2025

Multi-monitor support has been added!
- Each screen has its own taskbar that only shows that screen’s windows.
- An option is available to make all taskbars show windows from all screens.
- Individual taskbars can be hidden if needed.

29 January 2025

Taskbar size and thumbnail size are now configurable! (#36) and (#81).
Show notification badge for pinned app icons (added using the “Keep in Taskbar” option) (#75).
Right click context menus and chrome bookmark menus are shown underneath Taskbar (#120).
Detect the Passwords app’s window.
Make quitting or resetting Taskbar revert the “Fully hide Dock” option (#72).
Minor bug fixes.
Minor visual improvements.

20 December 2024

2 October 2024

Minor update.
Version 1 will remain free until an extended date of 2025-01-01.
Fixed bugs:
- No response when clicking on tasks to switch to their windows (#78).
- Sonoma language popups show up in Taskbar as blank windows (#85).

7 June 2024

Taskbar is no longer in beta. Version 1 will remain free and expire on 2024-11-01.
Some parts of the code were re-written to improve stability.
New features:
- Windows can now be grouped by application.
- Dark mode can now be set to override the system theme.
- Option to hide window titles and only show their icons.
- Option to show window titles in the thumbnail view.
- The ability to set how quickly thumbnails appear after hovering.
- Preference for showing tabs (e.g. Finder) as individual items or not.
- Option to hide the window’s app instead of minimizing it on click.
- Preference to no longer indicate minimized or hidden windows.
Fixed bugs:
- Incorrectly detecting fullscreen windows to decide whether or not to hide Taskbar (#40).
- Unable to drag and drop tasks when using more than one monitor (#38).
- Discord remains in Taskbar after being closed (#51).
- Incorrect “Taskbar” task is added to Taskbar after checking for updates (#24).

26 March 2024

Beta is extended to 2024-08-01.
Screen recording permission became optional.
New installations of Taskbar are signed.
Some bugs were fixed:
- Quitting Taskbar makes Alt-Tab’s default keyboard shortcut stop working (#15).
- Incorrectly detecting windows as overlapping Taskbar (on non-main display) and resizing them as a result (#21).
- Other minor bugs.

14 January 2024