win 11 taskbar hover animation disappears after opening classic shell

[oriagranat9]

Describe the bug

after opening open shell the gray box animation disappears from the task bar

Area of issue

Start menu, Taskbar

To reproduce

start menu
open and close it
hover over the windows icon

Expected behavior

hover animation and gray box should reappear

Open-Shell version

4.4.191

Windows version

windows 11 pro 22H2

Additional context

No response

[ge0rdi]

It seems to be working just fine for me.

What is your Windows 11 version? (Windows settings -> About)
Do you use other customization software along Open-Shell?

Please, attach your Open-Shell settings.

[oriagranat9]

im using windows 11 pro 22H2 build 22621.2134 and here is the xml settings
<?xml version="1.0"?> <Settings component="StartMenu" version="4.4.191"> <Hover value="Nothing"/> <StartScreenShortcut value="0"/> <ReportSkinErrors value="0"/> <SkinW7 value="Fluent-Metro"/> <SkinVariationW7 value=""/> <SkinOptionsW7> <Line>DARK_MAIN=0</Line> <Line>METRO_MAIN=0</Line> <Line>LIGHT_MAIN=0</Line> <Line>AUTOMODE_MAIN=1</Line> <Line>DARK_SUBMENU=0</Line> <Line>METRO_SUBMENU=0</Line> <Line>LIGHT_SUBMENU=0</Line> <Line>AUTOMODE_SUBMENU=1</Line> <Line>SUBMENU_SEPARATORS=1</Line> <Line>DARK_SEARCH=0</Line> <Line>METRO_SEARCH=0</Line> <Line>LIGHT_SEARCH=0</Line> <Line>AUTOMODE_SEARCH=1</Line> <Line>SEARCH_FRAME=1</Line> <Line>SEARCH_COLOR=0</Line> <Line>SMALL_SEARCH=0</Line> <Line>MODERN_SEARCH=1</Line> <Line>SEARCH_HINT=1</Line> <Line>SEARCH_ITALICS=0</Line> <Line>NONE=0</Line> <Line>SEPARATOR=0</Line> <Line>TWO_TONE=1</Line> <Line>CLASSIC_SELECTOR=1</Line> <Line>HALF_SELECTOR=0</Line> <Line>CURVED_MENUSEL=1</Line> <Line>CURVED_SUBMENU=1</Line> <Line>SELECTOR_REVEAL=1</Line> <Line>TRANSPARENT=0</Line> <Line>OPAQUE_SUBMENU=1</Line> <Line>OPAQUE_MENU=0</Line> <Line>OPAQUE=0</Line> <Line>STANDARD=1</Line> <Line>SMALL_MAIN2=0</Line> <Line>SMALL_ICONS=0</Line> <Line>COMPACT_SUBMENU=0</Line> <Line>PRESERVE_MAIN2=0</Line> <Line>LESS_PADDING=0</Line> <Line>EXTRA_PADDING=1</Line> <Line>24_PADDING=0</Line> <Line>LARGE_PROGRAMS=0</Line> <Line>TRANSPARENT_SHUTDOWN=0</Line> <Line>OUTLINE_SHUTDOWN=0</Line> <Line>BUTTON_SHUTDOWN=1</Line> <Line>EXPERIMENTAL_SHUTDOWN=0</Line> <Line>LARGE_FONT=0</Line> <Line>CONNECTED_BORDER=1</Line> <Line>FLOATING_BORDER=0</Line> <Line>LARGE_SUBMENU=0</Line> <Line>LARGE_LISTS=0</Line> <Line>THIN_MAIN2=0</Line> <Line>EXPERIMENTAL_MAIN2=1</Line> <Line>USER_IMAGE=1</Line> <Line>USER_OUTSIDE=0</Line> <Line>SCALING_USER=1</Line> <Line>56=0</Line> <Line>64=0</Line> <Line>TRANSPARENT_USER=0</Line> <Line>UWP_SCROLLBAR=1</Line> <Line>MODERN_SCROLLBAR=0</Line> <Line>OLD_ICONS=0</Line> <Line>NEW_ICONS=1</Line> <Line>SMALL_ARROWS=0</Line> <Line>ICON_FRAME=0</Line> <Line>SEARCH_SEPARATOR=0</Line> <Line>NO_PROGRAMS_BUTTON=0</Line> </SkinOptionsW7> <EnableStartButton value="0"/> <AllTaskbars value="0"/> <StartButtonType value="AeroButton"/> <CustomTaskbar value="0"/> <SkipMetro value="1"/> <MenuItems7> <Line>Item1.Command=user_files</Line> <Line>Item1.Settings=NOEXPAND</Line> <Line>Item2.Command=user_documents</Line> <Line>Item2.Settings=NOEXPAND</Line> <Line>Item3.Command=user_pictures</Line> <Line>Item3.Settings=NOEXPAND</Line> <Line>Item4.Command=user_music</Line> <Line>Item4.Settings=NOEXPAND</Line> <Line>Item5.Command=user_videos</Line> <Line>Item5.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item6.Command=downloads</Line> <Line>Item6.Settings=NOEXPAND</Line> <Line>Item7.Command=homegroup</Line> <Line>Item7.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item8.Command=separator</Line> <Line>Item9.Command=games</Line> <Line>Item9.Settings=TRACK_RECENT|NOEXPAND|ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item10.Command=favorites</Line> <Line>Item10.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item11.Command=recent_documents</Line> <Line>Item11.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item12.Command=computer</Line> <Line>Item12.Settings=NOEXPAND</Line> <Line>Item13.Command=network</Line> <Line>Item13.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item14.Command=network_connections</Line> <Line>Item14.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item15.Command=separator</Line> <Line>Item16.Command=pc_settings</Line> <Line>Item16.Settings=TRACK_RECENT</Line> <Line>Item17.Command=control_panel</Line> <Line>Item17.Settings=TRACK_RECENT|NOEXPAND</Line> <Line>Item18.Command=admin</Line> <Line>Item18.Settings=TRACK_RECENT|ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item19.Command=devices</Line> <Line>Item19.Settings=NOEXPAND</Line> <Line>Item20.Command=defaults</Line> <Line>Item20.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item21.Command=help</Line> <Line>Item21.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item22.Command=run</Line> <Line>Item23.Command=apps</Line> <Line>Item23.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line> <Line>Item24.Command=windows_security</Line> </MenuItems7> <EnableContextMenu value="1"/> <CascadingMenu value="0"/> <ShowNewFolder value="0"/> <EnableExit value="0"/> <EnableExplorer value="0"/> </Settings>

[ge0rdi]

I have slightly newer 22621.2215 build.
And everything seems to work normally (using your settings).

Do you use other customization software along Open-Shell?

[oriagranat9]

nope only using open-shell

[Rimole]

I'm using Windows 11 pro N 22H2 build 22621.2134, and the issue is not seen here.

[oriagranat9]

i just recreated it using windows sandbox aswell, it seams to only happen when coming from the desktop

[ge0rdi]

it seams to only happen when coming from the desktop

Could you elaborate a bit more?
What exactly do you do?
Try to describe it in simple steps.

[oriagranat9]

well its really nothing special, turn on windows (nothing opens up in startup except basic drivers)
go to hover over the windows icon and like in the video above it wont how the hover animation
the rest of the icons near the windows logo do work, and if i move from them to the windows logo the animation does appear,
its only when moving from the desktop itself to the icon

[ge0rdi]

Thanks, I'm now able to replicate it!
Here are the steps:

• Minimize all windows (Win+M)
• Click on desktop (to make sure nothing is selected in taskbar)
• Move mouse cursor to the start button (make sure to go to the button right from desktop, do not cross any other taskbar icons)
• There is no hover animation on start button, not the tooltip appears

Note that if you hover over some other taskbar icon (just right to start button) and then move cursor to start button, the hover animation (+ tooltip) is there.

I think it is related to our stealing of mouse events, that is unfortunately necessary on recent Windows 11 (as the taskbar uses XAML framework and it is not possible to intercept mouse events in traditional way).

[bingobongo231]

Here is a little GIF to illustrate the issue. The problem is not present when using "Replace start button" with Aero.

[ge0rdi]

The problem is not present when using "Replace start button" with Aero.

Right.
In such case we create our own window that show the start button, so there is no problem with mouse events at all.

Unfortunately, as Win11 uses XAML for taskbar, it is not simple to intercept all the events (as with normal windows).

[bingobongo231]

In such case we create our own window that show the start button, so there is no problem with mouse events at all.

Maybe you could add option to do the same thing but keeping the original start button style? I tried using custom image hoping that I could just copy the original button style, but got the same bug described in #2155