Microsoft has modernized the system tray on the Windows 11 taskbar in recent builds and added the ability to drag and drop icons. Tooltips feature a sleek design, and system tray icons feature circular focus and hover handling. Here's how to enable all these new features for the system tray in Windows 11. Windows 11 new system tray highlights: Selected system tray icons in the lower right corner of the taskbar have rounded corners, and tool tips now follow a smooth design. You can rearrange tray icons. The system tray area can display up to 5 icons horizontally or vertically. Icon alignment is different than before Tray icons receive new animations when you drag and drop other tray icons. The "Show hidden icons" (^) option on the taskbar appears

Displaying the clock in the taskbar is one of the most basic and permanent features of Windows or any other operating system. But Windows does not support all time units. Earlier versions of Windows were able to display seconds updates in the system tracking clock. However, later versions of Windows dropped this feature and users had to rely on third-party applications to display the seconds on the taskbar. New Feature Alert: Microsoft restores seconds in taskbar clock in Windows 11 Starting with Windows 11 Devbuild 25247, the long-awaited feature of displaying seconds in the taskbar clock is now back. If you are not a member of the Insider program, you may need to wait a moment before this feature

Yes, it's time for us to talk about the new Insider Preview for Windows 11. If you're up to date on new operating systems, you'll know that Microsoft launched a brand new version in the Dev and Beta channels today. What's new you ask? Well, this time we talk about more fixes and enhancements, as well as improvements to remove some system trays. In fact, build 22616 returns the system tray to its state on public builds of Windows 11, which means the highlighting consistency improvements have been removed. What's new in Build 22616 for Windows 11? You may also wonder why this happens. this

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22616 to the Dev and Beta channels. The latest version offers a new way to launch games quickly and fixes annoying system tray-related issues. 11InsiderPreview What's New in Build 22616 System tray users criticized Microsoft for removing the ability to rearrange icons in the system tray when it released Build 22581, including icons in the system tray's "Show Hidden Icons" pop-up. This feature has been restored in Build22616. However, this may be a temporary fix as Microsoft says it is working on

Windows enthusiast @PhantomOfEarth recently tweeted that Microsoft has hidden a feature in the Beta channel Windows 11 Build 22635.3276 preview update: the Windows Studio Effects button can be enabled in the system tray area. Note: Windows Studio Effects is a video experience enhancement function based on machine learning algorithms. It deploys certain filters and effects to the user's camera and microphone by calling the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) to improve your appearance and sound during video calls. WindowsStudioEffects have 4 main uses, 3 for cameras and 1 for

Microsoft is experimenting with a new minimalist taskbar for Windows 11, revamping the UI for overflow menus and new system tray controls to cater to those who prefer a clean taskbar, but in the meantime, another taskbar feature is definitely gone No good reason. In the latest preview build, Microsoft has been testing a new overflow experience designed to make it easier to select a running app when you have too many open or pinned to the taskbar. The purpose is to make it easier to select specific applications when the taskbar is crowded. Additionally, Microsoft has refreshed the system tray to match the rest of the new operating system's visual style. As part of this change, it is now possible to hide all icons that appear on the right side of the taskbar, except for Sound and WiF in the new Control Center

Windows as a Service continues to grow and evolve, with new features regularly tested in preview builds. Windows 11 preview builds recently disabled a key taskbar feature (drag and drop in popups), and a new update is being rolled out to users to undo the change. So what happened? A few weeks ago, Microsoft made changes to the taskbar that made it difficult to reorder icons in the system tray popup ("Show hidden icons"). In the Feedback Hub, a post from Microsoft confirmed that the taskbar's drag-and-drop functionality has been removed to optimize the taskbar for tablets. "With the update we made in Build 22563 to optimize the taskbar for new tablets, we no longer support hiding icons in the system tray or system tray and showing

Many users like to display the application icon clock in the notification area in the lower right corner, which is more convenient to use. However, after updating to win11, the function of always displaying is gone, and we can only turn on the icons that dominate the area one by one. All icons are always displayed in the win11 notification area: 1. First, press "Win+i" on the keyboard at the same time to open settings. 2. After opening, enter the "Personalization" settings on the left. 3. Then enter the "Taskbar" settings on the right. 4. Then expand the "Taskbar Hidden Icon Management" function. 5. Finally, open the application icons one by one.