Why was the tablet-optimised taskbar removed in 22623.1325?

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The tablet-optimized taskbar has been working perfectly well for months, & suddenly it's been removed without warning. The blog post about the update doesn't say anything. Just something about how there was a fix for an issue causing the taskbar to be cut off after resolution changes.

Does anyone know why a perfectly useful feature was removed?

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Anonymous

For no obvious reason, certainly nothing I have changed, my Lenovo Yoga that had suffered from the missing Tablet Optimized Taskbar now has it back today.

Hi Bree,

Confirmed, I have the option again in Taskbar settings and also the actual collapsed taskbar when it switches to tablet mode with Build 22624.1537.

Now we have to wait for the same fix to be released to Public build.

Good to have the option to turn it off, many users don't need it or don't want the extra annoyance. 🤣🤷‍♂️

This is a Lenovo YOGA 920-13IKB, fully supported 2-in-1 laptop.

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Anonymous

2023-03-28T08:02:56+00:00
Hello,

You could see if option three may be able to enable the tablet-optimized taskbar if the other options are not available.

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/turn-on-or-off-tablet-optimized-taskbar-in-windows-11.5133/

Hi Shawn,

I added that DWORD as suggested in option 3, but all that did was to increase the icon spacing all the time even when not used in tablet mode.

It did not add the option to the menu for Optimized Taskbar.
```
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"TabletPostureTaskbar"=dword:00000001
```
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Anonymous

2023-03-28T07:48:05+00:00

I have just discovered my SP4 updated to 25324 still has the option of Optimise taskbar for touch but the later SP7 doesn't.

I found other users that still have the option available, no idea why some machines still have that, but not all.

My Lenovo Yoga 920 does not have that option anymore. 🤷‍♂️
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BryceSor 5,505 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2023-03-28T07:27:02+00:00

I have just discovered my SP4 updated to 25324 still has the option of Optimise taskbar for touch but the later SP7 doesn't.
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Anonymous

2023-03-19T15:30:09+00:00

Hello,

You could see if option three may be able to enable the tablet-optimized taskbar if the other options are not available.

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/turn-on-or-off-tablet-optimized-taskbar-in-windows-11.5133/

I have already tried all the options including Option Three. None of them bring back a tablet optimised taskbar. All the Lenovo Yoga does when turned into a tablet is to widen the spacing of the icons on the taskbar, so it certainly still recognises when the keyboard is being disabled. But with Option Three applied even that stops working.
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