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| Thread ID: 112727 | 2010-09-20 02:43:00 | Obese vertical taskbar issue | Organicpete (133) | Press F1 |
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| 1138407 | 2010-09-20 02:43:00 | Hi Guys, I have the temerity to place my win 7 taskbar vertically on the left. Choosing small icons does not slim down the bar like it does if it is horizontal. farm5.static.flickr.com Have searched and others seem to have the issue but no sign of solution. Any clues how I can make it skinny ? cheers Pete |
Organicpete (133) | ||
| 1138408 | 2010-09-20 03:02:00 | Unlock it then move the mouse on the edge of it till the <-> appears, then make it smaller | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1138409 | 2010-09-20 04:00:00 | Unlock it then move the mouse on the edge of it till the <-> appears, then make it smaller that dosn't work unfortunately. It is as skinny as it will drag. works when it's on the bottom edge, the big 'start' button actually hangs bigger than the bar. Just not in the vertical Pete |
Organicpete (133) | ||
| 1138410 | 2010-09-20 04:17:00 | I think I remember hearing that it's like this on purpose, just in case the display is a touch-screen. I believe it's so you can still touch it with ease, if it's shrunk too thin it'd be tricky to select the icons you want with your finger... or something like that Yeah it would make sense if the user could over-ride this if they had a normal LCD though, heh |
Halwende (3418) | ||
| 1138411 | 2010-09-20 04:22:00 | You may find some kind of 3rd party tool which can do the job. I have tweaked some settings on mine with 7 Taskbar Tweaker |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1138412 | 2010-09-20 09:34:00 | I think I remember hearing that it's like this on purpose, just in case the display is a touch-screen. I believe it's so you can still touch it with ease, if it's shrunk too thin it'd be tricky to select the icons you want with your finger... or something like that Yeah it would make sense if the user could over-ride this if they had a normal LCD though, heh Ah ok ty Bill could have checked if I had one first :D |
Organicpete (133) | ||
| 1138413 | 2010-09-20 09:36:00 | You may find some kind of 3rd party tool which can do the job. I have tweaked some settings on mine with 7 Taskbar Tweaker Thanks Agent I'll check it out. The call of Ubuntu gets stronger :) Pete |
Organicpete (133) | ||
| 1138414 | 2010-09-20 10:18:00 | There seems to be a few tricks to reduce size - but only temporary until the next boot as noted here (superuser.com) and the bottom of this site. (social.answers.microsoft.com) | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1138415 | 2010-09-20 11:00:00 | Thanks Agent I'll check it out. The call of Ubuntu gets stronger :) Pete Well, I'm not sure if 7TT will do what you want, but there might be a similar program which does. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1138416 | 2010-09-20 11:41:00 | Have you increased the DPI of your screen?? Or are you using large/extra large fonts? Edit: That's how it is for me too, must be built in somewhere :) |
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