Why was the tablet-optimised taskbar removed in 22623.1325?

Why am I being asked to explain something you posted, that is irrelevant to the discussion?

The reason you are confused is probably because you skim read the original post, decided the discussion was about settings, & are now talking about a version of the thread that you have constructed in your head.

The issue I am having is that the tablet-optimised taskbar is gone. Not that a setting is missing. Not that something has changed to 'off' by default & needs to be turned back on (never mind that the post you've quoted only mentions it being off by default when an organisation is handling things). The feature used to work as it did in the quoted paragraph beginning 'New!', collapsing while running programs, & expanding the rest of the time, a little taller than its normal state when a keyboard is attached, & with more widely-spaced icons. Now it does not do this. It really is that simple.

Your readiness to help is an admirable quality, but it's a good idea to know what you're helping with before throwing yourself in

Why am I being asked to explain something you posted, that is irrelevant to the discussion?

The reason you are confused is probably because you skim read the original post, decided the discussion was about settings, & are now talking about a version of the thread that you have constructed in your head.

The issue I am having is that the tablet-optimised taskbar is gone. Not that a setting is missing. Not that something has changed to 'off' by default & needs to be turned back on (never mind that the post you've quoted only mentions it being off by default when an organisation is handling things). The feature used to work as it did in the quoted paragraph beginning 'New!', collapsing while running programs, & expanding the rest of the time, a little taller than its normal state when a keyboard is attached, & with more widely-spaced icons. Now it does not do this. It really is that simple.

Your readiness to help is an admirable quality, but it's a good idea to know what you're helping with before throwing yourself in

Not something I posted, something MS posted.

I have a tablet and I don't see the settings they are talking about, nor the optimized taskbar, with any build. 🤣🤷‍♂️

One thing you are missing, is that when you are using an insider build the organization in that case is MSFT, and they control what is enabled and what is not. 🤐

No one asking you Jane to explain, we both thought your problem might be part of what MS said in their release notes but we were trying to work out what is touch-optimized taskbar for 2-in-1 devices that you can use as a tablet, I think it doesn't cover Surfaces hence why I do not have that option and maybe why you haven't got that option either.

Sorry if there is misunderstanding as we are all here to help if we can.

You could try contacting Twitter Insider and ask your question there.

@BryceSor,

Mine is not a surface device, it is a 2-in-1 Lenovo Yoga 920 with UHD touch screen.

I don't see any optimized taskbar in tablet mode in this machine with any build. 🤷‍♂️

All I see is the spacing of the icons in the taskbar changing when it switches to tablet mode, which it does automatically when folding the keyboard under. Also, the Search box switches to the simple Search icon to use less space in the Taskbar.

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