Submission details
Window Title Customization
When enough windows are open the Taskbar is cluttered and some applications have impossible to read names. For example, as was pointed out in another submission, a lot of the applications included with Windows include the prefix "Windows". It's impossible to tell which item on the Taskbar is which when the only text that fits into the item is "Windows ...". While there was a similar post, I'm suggesting something entirely different as a solution. Making the Taskbar double or triple height may be a solution for some, but with 4:3 displays almost gone this eats up far too much screen real-estate, especially for laptop users.
Give programmers the ability to include a shortened version of their application name or window title which would fit into the item in the taskbar when it becomes filled. Explorer would display the full title until the amount of space is reduced to the point that some of the title is cut off, then the shortened version could be displayed. Possibly give users the ability to customize shortened versions of window titles through metadata in the case that software they are running doesn't include this information.
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Discussion (7 comments)
I was suggesting as a solution that Explorer pick which title to use, a shortened version or the full title. Does it make sense to have Explorer do it for every window or have every application that's running on my machine do it independently?
I don't know how to tag a submission as a duplicate so I'll just post a comment here - isn't this the same as this item: http://www.aerotaskforce.com/view/79
I agree with jimm. Developers already have this capability.
No, it's not a duplicate. Apparently, no one is reading the entire descriptions. And sure, developers already have the ability to write this functionality into this software... as they probably do to change anything else in Windows that has been suggested on this site.
Changed title from [Windows Title Customization] to [Window Title Customization].
Changed solution description.
jimm wrote on June 12, 2008, 6:30pm
Developers can simply change the title when the window is minimized. This really isn't a bug in Vista, it's just laziness on the part of the developer. Windows sends an event when windows are minimized/shown.